Tag: Parkinson’s disease

Gift will benefit Waisman Center research on Parkinson’s disease

Posted on June 8, 2004

A gift of $500,000 from George E. Prescott, a member of the Waisman Center’s board of visitors, will benefit the Parkinson’s disease research program at the Waisman Center.

Growth factor shows promise in Parkinson’s patients

Posted on March 31, 2003

By pumping a potent growth factor directly into the human brain, an international team of scientists and surgeons has demonstrated significant remediation of the debilitating symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Waisman Center Researchers Receive Grants from Michael J. Fox Foundation

Posted on March 7, 2002

Today in the Wisconsin State Journal an article by the science reporter Ron Seely said that two grants from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research are going to Waisman stem-cell researchers.