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A Parkinson’s ‘game changer,’ backed by Michael J. Fox, could lead to new diagnostics and, someday, treatments

13.04.2023

NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox was sitting in his Upper East Side office surrounded by Emmys and an Oscar — one he received not for his acting but for his …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Michael J. Fox: As a Parkinson’s patient, I felt a little left behind by biology’s century — until now

13.04.2023

Last fall in STAT, Matt Herper questioned whether the biomedical research enterprise is really laying the necessary groundwork to gain the full benefit of innovation in “biology’s century.” “The biggest …

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Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

11.01.2023

The air in Mexico City was once so toxic that people watched as dead birds fell out of the sky. In 1992, the United Nations declared the city the most …

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Opinion: Victims of domestic abuse should get the same top-notch concussion care as athletes

06.12.2022

Two vastly different experiences — serving as a “guest coach” on the sidelines for a Division I football team and volunteering in a busy emergency department — showed me just …

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Elon Musk says Neuralink’s brain-machine interface could enter human studies next year

01.12.2022

Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company Neuralink aims to put its first implant in a human subject in the next six months, he said during an event Wednesday. Musk said the …

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On the long road to treating Huntington’s genetic stutter, scientists return to overlooked clues

30.11.2022

In the spring of 1981, a geneticist from Indianapolis and a neurologist from Chicago got in a car and for three days they crisscrossed the yellowing cornfields of Iowa. Every …

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Opinion: Anti-amyloid drugs and the mystery of treatment-associated brain shrinkage

28.11.2022

Eisai’s announcement that lecanemab, its antibody drug for Alzheimer’s disease that targets the buildup of amyloid protein in the brain, modestly slowed cognitive decline in a Phase 3 trial offers …

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Lessons from a thriving physical therapist to a younger self just learning about multiple sclerosis

28.11.2022

“Living With” explores the contours of life with chronic illness, from the prelude to diagnosis to new patterns of living, to wrestling with big questions about illness and health. A …

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A jury finds NCAA is not to blame in lawsuit over football player’s death after repeated head trauma

23.11.2022

LOS ANGELES — In a verdict that could affect countless claims by athletes who sue sports organizations for head injuries, a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit seeking …

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