Word: parkinsonism
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...instructions for constructing the protein building blocks of every cell in every tissue of the body. This so-called book of life will inevitably reveal secrets of both health and disease, promising new treatments for virtually every malady that afflicts us. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, mental illnesses of all sorts will almost certainly yield to a new generation of genome-based medicines that will make antibiotics and other modern drugs seem prehistoric...
...same morning that James Baker appears, trying his level best to look like a principled human being, a Latvian chef will also teach us how to stuff a banana with rabbit, and someone will announce that in the next half-hour we'll talk about a new cure for Parkinson's disease..."plus, live from the plaza--Jewel!" That's history for you. That's Bruegel's Icarus, as Auden pointed out in his poem on the painting; sensational events mingle with the run-of-the-mill till you cannot discern the amazing from the amazing...
Just as important as protecting healthy neurons is repairing or replacing nerve cells that have already been damaged. The body produces a whole bath of trophic-or growth-factors, that help neurons and other cells develop. If the brains of Parkinson’s patients could be fortified with additional trophic doses, many scientists believe, damaged neurons might be reawakened or repaired. While there is some thought in the medical community about engineering genes to churn out the substances, the pharmaceutical industry is taking a more direct approach...
Whether such an anti-Parkinson’s potion is really so close at hand is unclear, but scientists are not waiting to find out. Other possible treatments now under study include boosting anti-oxidants, which would protect brain cells from free radicals, highly reactive molecules that are byproducts of oxidation; and blocking the body’s production of compounds called excitatory amino acids, which can sometimes cause neuron damage. It’s hard to say which, if any, of these treatments will likely succeed, but with science closing in from so many directions, it’s possible that Parkinson...
...GREEN CANCER SPECIAL (MTV). In the Year of Celeb Health--Dave's heart, Michael's Parkinson's--Green's testicular cancer was the most creatively rewarding affliction. Green took his gross-out comedy to a new level on an unflinching show that took quite a pair to make...