Disease Focus: Parkinson's Disease
Suzanne Peterson, Scripps – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch
Jessica Westfall, The Parkinson’s Institute – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch
Jeanne Loring, Scripps – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch: Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s: Ask the Stem Cell Expert | Xianmin Zeng, Buck Institute
Dr. Xianmin Zeng, associate professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging answers your questions about Parkinson’s disease and stem cell research. Zeng has a CIRM research grant to develop a stem cell treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, which leads to tremors, slowness in movement, impaired balance, and stiffness. […]
Greg Wasson, Parkinson’s Action Network: Patient Advocate Presentation
Greg Wasson spoke to the CIRM governing board on May 24, 2012 about his perspectives on stem cell research and his advocacy for Parkinson’s disease. Wasson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1995 and has spent a decade as an active member of the Parkinson’s community, most of which has been spent as an advocate with […]
Parkinson’s Disease: Advancing Stem Cell Therapies – 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting
Olga Momcilovic speaks at the 2011 CIRM Grantee Meeting about the use of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to better understand the causes of Parkinson’s and to develop therapies. Momcilovic is a CIRM Scholar and postdoctoral research fellow at the Buck Institute located in Novato, California.
Stem Cells and Parkinson’s Disease
(Part 5 of 7) Evan Henry, a Parkinson’s disease patient advocate, and Birgitt Schuele, a professor at The Parkinson’s Institute, spoke at “Synapses Firing: Connections Made”, a CIRM-hosted patient advocacy event. The 100+ people in attendance heard from patient advocates about living with neurodegenerative disease and from scientists about recent progress in stem cell research […]
Progress and Promise in Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nearly a million people in the United States. The symptoms include tremors, slow movement, muscle rigidity and less facial expression. No cure exists for the disease and current medications become less effective over time. Learn more about Parkinson’s disease and see a list of all CIRM Parkinson’s […]
Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Seminar by Jeff Bronstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Jeff Bronstein, M.D., Ph.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on May 7, 2008. Bronstein presented an overview of Parkinson’s disease and discussed how stem cell research provides hope for finding new Parkinson’s disease therapies. Bronstein is a professor of neurology at the University […]
Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease: Seminar by Arnold Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Arnold Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D., spoke at the “Spotlight on Parkinson’s Disease,” an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on May 7, 2008. Kriegstein reviewed the limitations of previous Parkinson’s clinical trials and discussed the prospects for stem cell-based cell replacement therapies for Parkinson’s disease. Kriegstein is a professor of neurology at the […]