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Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson`s disease from progressing further. Neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center conducted a study examining the use of the FDA-approved medication in mice with Parkinson`s disease and found that the drug successfully reverses the biochemical, cellular and anatomical changes caused by the disease.
"Statins are one of [...]
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Researchers have identified a stage during dopamine neuron differentiation that may be an ideal time to collect human embryonic stem cells for transplantation to treat Parkinson`s disease, according to data presented at Neuroscience 2008, the 38th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Lorraine Iacovitti, Ph.D., professor and interim director of the Farber Institute for Neurosciences [...]
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Researchers at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) have identified a group of chemical compounds that slow the degeneration of neurons, a condition behind old-age diseases like Alzheimer`s, Parkinson`s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Their findings are featured in the November 2008 edition of Experimental Biology and Medicine. SMU Chemistry [...]
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The goal in treating patients with gout is to reduce acute attacks by lowering serum urate levels, which are usually high in this disease. At the same time, high serum urate levels have been shown to lower the risk of developing Parkinson`s disease (PD).
A new study compared the safety and efficacy of febuxostat, a new [...]
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