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U.S. company finds "safer" way to make stem-like cells
Rueters, By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor, Thu May 28, 2009 6:39pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...54R6TI20090528 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Thursday they had come up with the safest way yet to make stem-like cells using a patient's ordinary skin cells, this time by using pure human proteins. The team at Harvard University and Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology Inc said their technique involves soaking cells in human proteins that turn back the clock biologically, making the cells behave like powerful embryonic stem cells. Researchers Hail Stem Cells Safe for Human Use Time, By Alice Park Thursday, May. 28, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...l?iid=tsmodule Stem-cell science is a fast-moving field. Just three years since a Japanese researcher first reprogrammed ordinary skin cells into stem cells without the use of embryos, scientists at a Massachusetts biotech company have repeated the feat, only this time with a new method that creates the first stem cells safe enough for human use. The achievement brings the potentially lifesaving technology one step closer to real treatments for disease. Parkinson’s Atlantic Rowing Challenge requires support Maritime Journal, United Kingdom, 28 May 2009 http://www.maritimejournal.com/archi...quires_support Two brothers are preparing for a charity rowing event in which they are determined to cross the Atlantic Ocean unsupported in record breaking time, all to raise awareness and money for the Parkinson’s Disease Society. Polymer might aid drug development for Parkinson's disease SNM SmartBrief | 05/27/2009 http://www.smartbrief.com/news/snm/s...1-3C9D7FFA8A71 Australian researchers used a man-made polymer, called a PAMAM dendrimer, to inhibit the protein Alpha-Synuclein, which has been found to contribute to the development of Parkinson's disease. The researchers used an electron microscope and small-angle neutron scattering to study the protein and polymer at the molecular level. The finding can help in the development of new drugs for the disease, one researcher said. Australian Life Scientist (05/26) Nebraskans Stricken By Parkinson's At High Rate State Has Most Cases Per Capita KETV, Omaha, POSTED: 11:46 am CDT May 27, 2009 UPDATED: 12:12 pm CDT May 27, 2009 http://www.ketv.com/health/19580235/detail.html OMAHA, Neb. -- Nebraska has 329.3 cases of Parkinson's disease per 100,000 people, more per capita than any region in the world. Statewide, that means the neurological disease has stricken about 6,000 people. Stem Cells Without Genetic Mutation Risks redOrbit, Posted on: Thursday, 28 May 2009, 15:50 CDT http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/...ource=r_health Researchers at Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine International have discovered a versatile new method for safely transforming skin cells into stem cells. The new technique is so promising that scientists hope to gain approval to begin clinical trials by the middle of next year. Gene Therapy Could Expand Stem Cells' Promise http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0521131317.htm ScienceDaily (May 22, 2009) — Once placed into a patient's body, stem cells intended to treat or cure a disease could end up wreaking havoc simply because they are no longer under the control of the clinician. But gene therapy has the potential to solve this problem, according to a perspective article from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center published in a recent issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell. The paper details strategies for genetically modifying stem cells prior to transplantation in order to ensure their safety. It shouldn't take a celebrity to make us stop and think The Oregonian, by John Canzano, Saturday May 23, 2009, 9:41 PM http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/ore...lebrity_t.html Donald Biehn loved his wife and raised three children. He was a farmer in Hood River who rode horses and worked acres of orchards filled with pears, peaches and cherries. He died 11 years ago. Parkinson's disease, doctors said. I'd never heard of Biehn until this week. I didn't know he grew up in Klamath Falls, won a state wrestling championship as a high school senior and spent 20 years in the Air Force. I didn't know that the Vietnam veteran had invented the Cinnamon Pear. I didn't know that his hands began shaking one day, and that he eventually had trouble balancing himself, and that his family had to watch a man they viewed as 10 feet tall and bulletproof disintegrate, day by day, before their eyes.
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05-29-2009, 02:08 PM
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UPDATE 1-EU agency recommends lifting curbs on UCB's Neupro
Rueters, Fri May 29, 2009 8:35am EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssH...01524320090529 * EMEA says reassured on quality, backs ending restrictions * Step to making drug available for Parkinson's and RLS (Adds UCB reaction, details, background) LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Europe's drugs watchdog has recommended that restrictions on the use of UCB's (UCB.BR) drug Neupro for Parkinson's disease and restless leg syndrome should be lifted, boosting sales prospects for the medicine. A year ago supply of the drug was limited to patients already on the medicine due to the discovery of crystallisation problems with the product, which is applied as a transdermal patch.
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05-29-2009, 04:01 PM
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Galt High valedictorian Katarzyna Wilczek wants to find cure for Parkinson's disease
Lodi News-Sentinel, News-Sentinel Staff Writer, By Jennifer Bonnett Updated: Friday, May 29, 2009 9:17 AM PDT http://www.lodinews.com/articles/200...ian_090529.txt Katarzyna "Kasia" Wilczek remembers seeing the pope's hands shake during a televised appearance when she was younger. Wilczek, Galt High School's 2009 valedictorian, plans to attend University of California, Berkeley in the fall before transferring to University of California, San Francisco, for her master's degree. She will study molecular and cellular biology with an emphasis on biochemistry She reminds me of my nephew how just last weekend graduated from The George Washington University on full scholarship...room, board, books...the work:
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