Parkinson’s Disease
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Testing for Parkinson’s disease may one day be as easy as a simple skin biopsy. That’s because the disease, like most villains, leaves behind clues…
What are prions? Prions are infectious agents that cause a number of rare neurodegenerative diseases in humans and animals. Unlike bacteria or viruses, prions have…
More than 200 years ago, British surgeon Dr. James Parkinson penned an essay about “the shaking palsy,” a mysterious disorder that would later come to…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (August 22, 2019) — Van Andel Institute (VAI) and The Cure Parkinson’s Trust are thrilled to announce Tilo Kunath, Ph.D., of University of…
The human body is immensely complex, comprising trillions of cells, proteins and molecules that work in concert to keep all of our systems up and…
As a pediatrician with expertise in medical genetics, Dr. Ellen Sidransky never expected to become one of the world’s foremost experts on Parkinson’s disease,…
On May 7, Dr. José Brás and Dr. Rita Guerreiro discussed Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementia at a public lecture hosted by Van Andel…
[caption id="attachment_9537" align="alignright" width="300"] Ellen Sidransky, M.D. Photo Courtesy of National Human Genome Research Institute[/caption] GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 1, 2019) — Van Andel Research Institute…