The first patient has been dosed in a U.S. clinical trial testing Iregene Therapeutics’ off-the-shelf, or ready-to-use, cell therapy NouvNeu001 for Parkinson’s disease. The therapy was delivered to both sides of the putamen — a brain region deeply affected in Parkinson’s and central to movement control — in…
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It still feels like yesterday when Tony Romo was having a monster game. By early in the third quarter, the hometown Dallas Cowboys were up 27-3, and it looked like they were finally going to pull it off. Then it unraveled. Three interceptions later, they had lost 34-30. Another season…
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There’s a famous thought experiment called the Ship of Theseus. You replace one plank, then another, then another — until none of the original planks remain. The question is: Is it still the same ship? In living with Parkinson’s disease and building Brain Storm — a brain-training…
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common among people hospitalized with Parkinson’s disease and are linked to longer hospital stays and a slightly higher risk of delirium, according to a retrospective analysis of 321,967 Parkinson’s-related hospitalizations from a large U.S. hospital database. The findings…
The Parkinson’s Foundation and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) are teaming up to make exercise more accessible and sustainable for people with Parkinson’s disease — while keeping patients safe. The foundation and the ACSM, which bills itself as the world’s largest sports medicine and exercise science organization,…
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Songs can be a powerful trigger for memories. I can’t hear Kermit the Frog singing “Rainbow Connection” without thinking of my family and my childhood spent playing Muppets records. I hear “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel, and instantly, the image of John Cusack holding a…
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