How awesome would it be if people living with tremors could eat their meals without the indignity of spilling food all over? Lift Labs (San Francisco, CA) has developed patented spoon techno... Read more
The SealBio technique invented by a team of doctors at AIIMS in the Capital has been found to cure and regenerate an infected root canal through stem cell activation Reported advances in the... Read more
The reaction resolves a long-standing challenge in organic chemistry in creating phenolic compounds from aromatic hydrocarbons quickly and cheaply. Phenolic compounds, or phenols, are broadl... Read more
Flexible electronics have a wide variety of possibilities, from bendable displays and batteries to medical implants that move with the body. Networks of spherical nanoparticles embedded in e... Read more
People with conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson’s could benefit from tissue grown with their own DNA Lorraine Barnes suffered a heart attack in 2005 and has lived with the co... Read more
The breakthrough marks the first time human stem cells have been produced via nuclear transfer and follows several unsuccessful attempts by research groups worldwide Scientists at Oregon Hea... Read more
UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinson’s disease that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies. The research... Read more
“The cool part about the PoNS is that we’re actually seeing improvements that restore mobility and balance” Kim Kozelichki took a deep breath and began to walk along a hot pink string... Read more
Swedish researchers can now read signals from ultrathin electrodes implanted in a living brain. If supported by funds from President Obama’s brain study, the nanotechnology may lead to major... Read more
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) may play a wide-ranging role in staving off aging Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) may play a wide-ranging role in staving off aging, according to a paper published online ahead... Read more
Patients treated with dopamine-enhancing drugs are developing artistic talents, reports a TAU researcher Parkinson’s experts across the world have been reporting a remarkable phenomeno... Read more
The device, which provides deep brain stimulation and has been used in thousands of people with Parkinson’s disease, is seen as a possible means of boosting memory and reversing cogni... Read more
In short, GM1 appeared to improve symptoms and with extended use, slow symptom progression. Treating Parkinson’s disease patients with the experimental drug GM1 ganglioside improved symptoms... Read more
Rapamycin, a drug used to prevent rejection in transplants, could delay the onset of diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s Rapamycin, a drug used to prevent rejection in tr... Read more
Moving forward, they will re-test their best compound in the best rodent model, conduct toxicology studies, and then—should all go well—seek permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administra... Read more
