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McLean/Harvard Udall Res Centers of Excellence Seminar Series  

Cell Transplant Society 2009
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9th Intl. Conf AD/PD 2009
 


18th Federation of Neurology World Congress on Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders, Dec. 13-16, 2009
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IN THE NEWS AND MEDIA

FRONTLINE: A Report on Parkinson's Disease
Coming soon to PBS; Early 2009
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Summit on Stem Cell Research and New Clinical Trials
Brain Repair Centre/Center for Neuroregeneration Research 2008
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Reprogrammed adult skin cells treat Parkinson's disease in animal model
HarvardScience Online; April 10, 2008
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Stem Cells from Skin Treat Brain Disease in Rats
Reuters Online; April 7, 2008
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Parkinson's Brain Cell Transplants Last for Years
Reuters Online; April 6, 2008
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March/April 2008 Neurosurgical Focus Interview
Ole Isacson and Nathan Selden; Stem Cell & Nervous System Therapeutics

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Partnership is a Real No-Brainer; Dal-Harvard to Work Together on Brain Repair
The Chronicle Herald; February 21, 2008
Halifax Chronicle Herald, Feb. 21, 2008
Metro Newspaper, Feb. 21, 2008
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RECENT RESEARCH ARTICLES

Implanted reuptake-deficient or wild-type dopaminergic neurons improve ON L-dopa dyskinesias without OFF-dyskinesias in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.
Brain; published on-line Nov. 6, 2008.
Abstract from Brain
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Compensatory changes in the ubiquitin-proteasome system, BDNF and mitochondrial complex II / III in YAC72 and R6/2 transgenic mice partially model Huntington's disease (HD) patients.
Human Molecular Genetics; published online: July 17, 2008.
Abstract from Oxford Journals
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Fate Mapping and Lineage Analyses Demonstrate the Production of a Large Number of Striatal Neuroblasts after TGF{alpha} and Noggin Striatal Infusions into the Dopamine-depleted Striatum.
Stem Cells; publ. online: June 12, 2008.
Abstract from PubMed
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Dopamine neurons implanted into people with Parkinson's disease survive without pathology for 14 years
Nature Medicine; publ. online: April 6, 2008.
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Neurons derived from reprogrammed fibroblasts functionally integrate into the fetal brain and improve symptoms of rats with Parkinson's disease
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Published online: April, 2008.
Abstract from HighWire
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Embryonic Stem (ES) Cell-derived Pitx3-eGFP Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Survive Enrichment by FACS and Function in an Animal Model of Parkinson's Disease
Stem Cells; Epub April 3, 2008.
Abstract from PubMed
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Recent advances in cell-based therapy for Parkinson disease
Neurosurg Focus 2008 24(3-4): E6.
Abstract from PubMed
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Neuroinflammation mediated by IL-1 beta increases susceptibility of dopamine neurons to degeneration in an animal model of Parkinson's disease
J Neuroinflammation; February 27, 2008; 5(1): 8.
Abstract from HighWire
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Neural precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells maintain long-term proliferation without losing the potential to differentiate into all three neural lineages, including dopaminergic neurons
Journal of Neurochemistry; Jan. 2008; 104(2):316-24. Epub Oct. 18, 2007.
Abstract from PubMed
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Influence of cell preparation and target location on the behavioral recovery after striatal transplantation of fetal dopaminergic neurons in a primate model of Parkinson’s disease
Neurobiology of Disease; Jan. 2008; 29(1):103-16. Epub Aug. 28, 2007.
Abstract from PubMed
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Inhibition of the Leucine-rich Repeat Protein LINGO-1 Enhances Survival, Structure, and Function of Dopaminergic Neurons in Parkinson's Disease Models
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Aug. 28, 2007
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An Endogenous Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor, G-Substrate, Reduces Vulnerability in Models of Parkinson's Disease
The Journal of Neuroscience; August 1, 2007
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