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05/2025

NHK World Japan

Jun Takahashi M.D., Ph.D. on iPSCs for PD: "We are aiming for practical use by around 2035”

Unfortunately, the link is now broken, follow my investigation here

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06/2025

Mind Moments Podcast

“If implanting cells in the brain can produce the dopamine, it may give us an option to better regulate...”

did08018's 2¢: I wish Dr Pahwa's phrasing was more optimistic

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03/2025

2 Parkies in a Pod

“…there's also a lot of money now involved… So big companies are involved. There's lots of funding, which also means there's a good chance of success.”

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09/2024

The Parkinson’s Podcast

“...you can restore dopamine levels back to normal in the brain in people who have vastly deficient dopamine levels because of Parkinson's disease.”

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04/2024

Movers and Shakers Podcast

"Could there be something, just around the corner, that could change the whole game..."

Keto Diet
02/2015

Did Grief Give Him Parkinson’s?

These identical twins led virtually identical lives—with one tragic exception.
This was provocative. It suggested a possible molecular mechanism by which stress could lead to neurodegeneration...

tyrosine hydroxylase
2022

The role of tyrosine hydroxylase–dopamine pathway in Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis

...early treatment with a clinical-grade drug, α-methyl-L-tyrosine (α-MT), a TH inhibitor, was able to reverse the pathologies in human neurons...

did08018's 2¢: "REVERSE" <--- this is HUGE!

Keto Diet
2018

Low‐fat versus ketogenic diet in Parkinson's disease

It is plausible and safe for PD patients to maintain a low‐fat or ketogenic diet for 8 weeks... The ketogenic group showed greater improvements in nonmotor symptoms.

Frontiers
2021

Postmortem Studies of Fetal Grafts in Parkinson’s Disease: What Lessons Have We Learned?

Clinical trials using fetal DA neurons to treat PD have been continuing since the late 1980s.

FDA
2020

FDA on Human Gene Therapy

The Agency advised sponsors to observe subjects for delayed adverse events for as long as 15 years...

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2025

TreeFrog Therapeutics

Overview of Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trial Landscape.

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2000

Michael J. Fox Foundation

Leading organization funding Parkinson’s research and clinical trials worldwide.

Good Morning America abc
2025

Breakthrough in Parkinson's disease treatment

“A new FDA-approved device, called a DBS device, claims to use adaptive deep brain stimulation to treat some with Parkinson's disease.”

The Case of the Frozen Addict
1986

The Case of the Frozen Addict

“Describes the discovery of the link between Parkinson's disease and the destruction of brain cells by MPTP, a contaminant found in designer drugs.”