Word: parkinsonism
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...According to researchers at the University of Colorado and Columbia University, the results of a daring procedure designed to ameliorate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease have fallen well short of expectations. While some of the human test subjects did experience a brief respite from the tremors and loss of balance associated with Parkinson's, a progressive neurological disease, most were unaffected or adversely affected by the experimental procedure...
...Shoulson, a professor of neurology at the University of Rochester in upstate New York, also chairs the nonprofit Parkinson's Study Group, which investigates and oversees clinical trials for new Parkinson's treatments. Dr. Shoulson spoke with TIME.com Thursday about the study and pointed out a silver lining in the otherwise bleak results...
...inquiry into how the wonderfully pliable cells of seven-day-old embryos behave. Embryonic stem cells eventually turn into every kind of tissue, including brain, muscle, nerve and blood. If scientists could harness their powers, these cells could serve as the body's self-repair kit, providing cures for Parkinson's, diabetes, Alzheimer's and paralysis. Actors Christopher Reeve, paralyzed by a fall from a horse, and Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's, are among those who have pushed Congress to overturn the U.S. government's restrictions on federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research...
...some of the same techniques could also be used to grow a baby. Trying to block one line of research could impede another and so reduce the chances of finding cures for ailments such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, cancer and heart disease. Were some shocking breakthrough in human cloning to cause "an overcompensatory response by legislators," says cloning expert Tony Perry of New York City's Rockefeller University, "that could be disastrous. At some point, it will potentially cost lives." So we are left with choices and trade-offs and a need to think through whether...
...inquiry into how the wonderfully pliable cells of seven-day-old embryos behave. Embryonic stem cells eventually turn into every kind of tissue, including brain, muscle, nerve and blood. If scientists could harness their powers, these cells could serve as the body's self-repair kit, providing cures for Parkinson's, diabetes, Alzheimer's and paralysis. Actors Christopher Reeve, paralyzed by a fall from a horse, and Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's, are among those who have pushed Congress to overturn the government's restrictions on federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research...