#Parkinson's disease

Source: Good News Network Michael J. Fox has just announced that his foundation is giving away over $240 million in grants for researching and treating Parkinson’s disease. The actor, who is best known for his roles in Back to the Future and Spin City, was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s

Author: Science News Staff / Source: Science News Abnormal proteins tied to Parkinson’s disease may form in the gut before traveling through the body’s nervous system to the brain, Laura Beil reported in “A gut-brain link for Parkinson’s gets a closer look” (SN: 12/8/18, p. 22). The vagus nerve

Author: Mike Colagrossi / Source: Big Think Two systems work together to predict the future based on past actions or events stored in the brain. Researchers worked with people with Parkinson’s disease or cerebellar degeneration to test their hypothesis. Researchers compared how people with

Source: Good News Network Israeli scientists have just developed a revolutionary new approach to regenerating and implanting any kind of organ without the human body rejecting it. The researchers from Tel Aviv University are being hailed for inventing the first fully personalized tissue implant

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network In a world first, Japanese neurosurgeons have implanted a Parkinson’s disease patient with “reprogrammed” stem cells – and if the treatment continues to show success, then it could be sold to other patients as early as 2023. The devastating