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Grant to fund Parkinson's study
BU prof's research focuses on L-DOPA By Vanessa Ebbeling • Press & Sun-Bulletin • May 26, 2008 http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pb...WS01/805260359 VESTAL, NY -- A Binghamton University professor has been awarded a $1.33 million grant to study the treatment of Parkinson's disease and the side effects of medicating the chronic illness. Christopher Bishop, an assistant professor of psychology, will examine ways to minimize abnormal movements that are a side effect of taking high doses of the most common treatment for Parkinson's, a compound called L-DOPA. "Eventually, the side effects do become as debilitating as the disease itself," Bishop said. READ more...
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