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Hepatitis C Linked to Parkinson's Disease

12/25/2015

Medscape correspondent Pauline Anderson is reporting on the findings of a large nationwide population-based study by Tsai and colleagues suggesting Hepatitis C may be a risk factor for PD. While the authors of this study recognize that PD is a multifactorial disorder their research nevertheless suggests that Hepatitis C should be included among these factors which also include head injury and exposure to neurotoxicants. The article appears in the journal Neurology.

Link to Medscape story

Link to abstract of original article in Neurology

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Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson's Disease Approved

12/14/2015

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The Australian government has approved a first of its kind clinical trial of stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease. The study conducted by International Stem Cell Corporation's Australian subsidiary, Cyto Therapeutics, will recruit 12 patients who will be treated with neural precursor cells derived from parthenogenetic stem cells, which are produced from unfertilized human eggs, and act like embryonic stem cells.

Link to original story in San Diego Tribune

Read more at website ClinicalTrials.gov

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Heptachlor linked to increased risk for PD

12/10/2015

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An organochlorine pesticide used on pineapples called heptachlor which also made its way into milk supply through contaminated feed in Hawaii has been implicated as a risk factor for developing Parkinson's disease. The new study by Dr. Robert Abbott of the Shiga University of Medical Science in Otsu, Japan, and colleagues looked at the brains and milk consumption history of 449 Japanese-American men living in Hawaii. Men who drank more than 16 ounces of milk a day showed a loss of brain cells in the substantia nigra. This association between milk intake and a reduction in nigral neuron density was not seen in smokers.

A significant increased risk for PD has previously been reported in pineapple plantation workers (Van Maele-Fabry et al., 2012).

Link to original story in NBC News

Link to article in Neurology.

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