MDS Podcast Updates in Gene Therapy | Congress 2023
What gene therapies are the most promising the field of movement disorders? Dr. Sarah Camargos met with Prof. Deniz Kirk at the 2023 MDS Congress to get his perspective...
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MDS Podcast New loci for Parkinson disease is identified in Latin America cohorts
Dr. Sarah Camargos interviews Dr. Thiago Leal and Dr. Ignacio Mata about the need of genetic studies on underrepresented populations and the technical challenges they faced when alayzing admixture...
MDS Podcast Award Article: Have we forgotten what tics are?
In this special issue celebrating the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice journal Research Article of the Year 2023, Sara Schaefer discusses tic phenomenology in primary tic disorders vs. functional tic-like...
MDS Podcast Award Article: Long duration levodopa response and neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s disease
In this special issue celebrating the Movement Disorders journal Research Article of the Year 2023, Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Mario Zappia the effects of the short vs long...
MDS Podcast Perry Disease
Dr. Wszolek shares with Dr. Schaefer his extensive knowledge about the clinical, genetic, and pathological findings in Perry disease, a rare and likely underdiagnosed parkinsonian condition. Read the article.
MDS Podcast Pleiotropy in Parkinson´s disease and Cancer: Is there an association between these entities?
In this episode, Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Sugier discusses the epidemiological associations between PD and cancers. While investigating several European GWAS databases, his group raised the conundrum whether cancer and Parkinson’s...
MDS Podcast Parkin Maintains Robust Pacemaking in Human iPSC-derived A9 Dopaminergic Neurons
In this episode, we interviewed Prof. Jian Feng about his most recent paper covering the role of parkin mutations in human A9 dopaminergic neurons and role they play in...
MDS Podcast Getting involved in the MDS: a fruitful relationship
In this episode, Michele Matarazzo highlights the relevance of our society for the field and its members, with special guest Njideka Okubadejo.
MDS Podcast A cross-sectional study of PPMI participants using alpha-synuclein seed amplification as a biomarker
In this episode Dr. Tiago Outeiro talks with Dr. Andrew Siderowf about the exciting new results in his most recent publication on alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay. Read the article.