MIT BodyCompass: Monitoring Sleep Positions for a Healthy Rest
Wireless device captures sleep data without using cameras or body sensors; could aid patients with Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, or bedsores. MIT researchers have developed a…
Wireless device captures sleep data without using cameras or body sensors; could aid patients with Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, or bedsores. MIT researchers have developed a…
Synthesizing an alternative fuel for muscle could lead to medical advances. A chemist and kinesiologist got on a bus, but this isn’t the set-up to…
Inhibiting a single gene converts many cell types directly into dopamine-producing neurons. Xiang-Dong Fu, Ph.D., has never been more excited about something in his entire…
Certain hormone-like compounds boost dopamine levels in the brain. The Nurr1 protein maintains the health of neurons that produce dopamine and die off during the…
Ping-pong may hold promise as a possible form of physical therapy for Parkinson’s disease. People with Parkinson’s who participated in a ping-pong exercise program once…
Stem cell study finds malfunctioning brain cells in patients who were diagnosed before age 50; researchers test potential new treatment. People who develop Parkinson’s disease…
Researchers have developed a chemical compound, Anle138b, that prevents clumping of synunclein protein, slowing down the onset and progression of Parkinson’s disease in mice. The…
A rogue protein involved in Parkinson’s disease that wrecks catastrophic damage has been tracked down by researchers in work that could help find a new…