We’re featuring the work of CIRM-Funded Research on World Parkinson's Day that is focuses on promising ideas to treat patients with this debilitating neurodegenerative disease. CIRM Grant: Quest Award – Discovery Stage Research Birgitt Schuele, Parkinson’s Institute Research: Birgitt is part of a team at the Parkinson’s Institute in Sunnyvale, California. They are using CRISPR … Continue reading CIRM-Funded Research on World Parkinson’s Day
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How Parkinson’s disease is personal for one stem cell researcher
April is Parkinson's disease Awareness Month. This year the date is particularly significant because 2017 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of British apothecary James Parkinson's "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy", which is now recognized as a seminal work in describing the disease. To mark the occasion we talked with Dr. Birgitt Schuele, … Continue reading How Parkinson’s disease is personal for one stem cell researcher