Stanford University School of Medicine will build the largest stem cell research center in the United States, thanks to a 75-million-U.S.-dollar donation from Business Wire founder Lorry Lokey, the medical school announced on Monday. The modern, four-story building will house 350 scientists and clinicians in 33 laboratories and from multiple disciplines working together to capture the power of these cells in treating diseases.
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WARNING - ALL HALF MARATHONS ARE NOT THE SAME! A painful experience.
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To make it even easier to receive the latest info from Wobbly Towers re all things Wobbly, we have set up an email subscription service. Subscribe to Wobbly Williams by Email and you receive the daily news story from this site. For some reason the first email you receive has more than one news story, but after that you will receive only the freshest news.
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Today see the launch of a new section on WobblyWilliams.com - The Professionals. This section will provide advice on the management of Parkinson's (and life in general). To date we have recruited a Swedish Masseur, a Consultant Neuropsychologist, a Speech Therapist and a Life Coach to provide occasional articles. We are on the look out for more advisors, so if you want to get involved please email.
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There has been, and will be, much excitement in the world of wobblies about trophic factors. The most famous of these, GDNF, is back in the news following the recent licencing of the protein to AMT to develop a Parkie treatment. Fox Foundation have published a straightforward guide to these Factors
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Six minutes of fame!
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Last night we hit our fundraising target for 2008 of £26,000. When we first started out on this adventure we set what I believed to be an optimistic target of £10k. The decision to up it to £26k followed a discussion with my chum Ian, who wanted me to set it at £50k. Given there is still a stack of cash to come in and four fundraisng events still to take place this year, I think £50k was the better shout! Anyway, thanks to everyone who has contributed, your generosity has been amazing.
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Link Medicine Corporation, a company advancing novel approaches for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that it has obtained $40 million financing to help move its lead preclinical programs into human clinical testing. Link is focused on developing the first disease-modifying therapies for the treatment of several neurodegenerative diseases - including Parkinson's.
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Major excitement! Vic and I were on ITV's The 5.30 Show on Monday talking about living with PD. I will write more in my blog later but for now the show can be seen until the end of October in the UK here (sit through the advert and once the show starts move the slider to 6 mins 30 seconds). We are launching a YouTube page in the near future which will also feature this clip. Note how I spend most of the interview sitting on my wobbly hand! If the film doesn't load hit refresh (F5).
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WobblyWilliams.com and Glasgow band, Reflector, are having a 70's Rock and Roll gig at St Andrew's Church hall in Bearsden to raise funds for the Cure Parkinson's Trust on Saturday 15 November (doors open 7.30pm). The play list includes music by The Beatles - Thin Lizzy - Led Zeppelin – Deep Purple - Steppenwolf - Status Quo - Bad Company – Santana - T-Rex - Spencer Davis Group - The Kinks - Free - Rolling Stones - Rory Gallagher – ZZ top - Plus Original Reflector Songs. Tickets are only £5, or £10 for a family and there will be a bar. Email for more info.
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