L-Dopa

‘Time not right for stem cell experiment in Parkinson’s’  16 Jan 2006
Peninsula On-line, ...admitted. "The most effective drug and cheapest treatment for Parkinson's Disease remains L-Dopa, which has been around for 40 years. ...

L-dopa therapy, other Parkinson’s options  Jan 10, 2006
Newsday, I believe my father has Parkinson's disease, and from what I've read, he only has a few years left. Might L-dopa therapy make a difference? ...

Is sleeping sickness linked to Spanish flu of 1918?  Jan 2, 2006
Toronto Star, In 1969, Sacks administered the miracle awakening drug, laevo-dihydroxyphenylalanine, or L-DOPA, to his post-encephalitic patients. ...

UPMC affiliate gets $4.2 million grant to develop gene therapy for ...  Jan 5, 2006
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, In the normal brain, this enzyme converts levodopa, or L-dopa, into dopamine. As Parkinson's disease progresses, however, the brain ...

Drug therapy no cure-all for Parkinson’s  Jan 8, 2006
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, ...he only has a few years left. Might L-dopa therapy make a difference? – Marietta, Ga. Answer: I would first recommend that your ...

Fox Foundation grant funds major gene therapy advance for ...  Jan 5, 2006
EurekAlert (press release), Current treatment options focus on replacing lost dopamine with the drug levodopa (L-dopa), which converts to dopamine in the brain, or brain surgery to ...

Titan Announces Favorable Results of Pilot Clinical Study of ...  Dec 15, 2005
DG News The RPE cells produce L-DOPA, the natural precursor of dopamine. RPE cells can be grown in large numbers using cell culture manufacturing methods. ...

Suicide is Painless  Dec 21, 2005
Maisonnueve, Like the sudden, brief clarity exhibited by coma patients on L-DOPA, George believes he may have escaped ruin—but, in fact, he’s still in a position where ...

Doug Dugal column: Bio-refining is the new buzz word  Dec 18, 2005
Appleton Post Crescent, ...energy from the destructive distillation of wood; alcohol and yeast for fodder from sulfite pulping liquors; vanilla; glucose; medicine like L-dopa, from other ...


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