Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice

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Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77586330 United States 06/29/2020 08:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice Great news... these scientist figured out how to turn fibroblasts into neurons. SAN DIEGO – Sometimes, scientific breakthroughs occur when researchers aren’t exactly looking for them. While attempting to better understand the function of a protein in connective tissue cells, UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists found a way to transform multiple types of cells into neurons. This discovery has led to the development of a treatment that eliminates symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in mice. The protein researchers were studying, called PTB, is known for its general role in activating or deactivating genes within a cell. In an attempt to better understand how PTB contributes to cell function, researchers silenced the PTB gene using a technique called siRNA in a type of connective tissue cell, known as a fibroblast. The researchers grew the fibroblasts in petri dishes, silenced PTB, and waited a couple of weeks to check on the fibroblasts and observe any changes. When the researchers checked the fibroblasts, they were shocked. They found that very few fibroblasts remained in the dishes. Instead, the dishes contained mostly neurons. Unintentionally, they had discovered a way to turn fibroblasts into neurons. [link to www.studyfinds.org (secure)]

Funney User ID: 79086769 Czech Republic 06/29/2020 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice That is a huge discovery!
Anonymous Coward User ID: 71061251 United States 06/29/2020 11:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice Jesus, they should start trying it on patients immediately and give away the treatment free, that is one heinous disease.
Red Hot Chilean Pepe User ID: 76933812 Chile 06/29/2020 11:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice That’s really interesting news, all kinds of processes that can turn one kind of cell into another sheds more light and opens up new treatment possibilities. All great truths begin as Blasphemies. G.B.S. GLP is like a diamond mine of information, in the sense that you have to shovel mountains of crap to find the diamonds, but it's still worth the pain.

Triteia User ID: 79083324 United States 06/29/2020 11:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice YAY!!! My dad died from that horrid disease. I am SO HAPPY to hear this news. I hope it helps MANY and this disease is irradiated from the face of the Earth. Triteia
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18002994 United States 06/29/2020 11:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice They make huge discoveries all the time, most of it is never used though.
SaintPattysPug Take a Cookie...You'll feel better User ID: 76948143 United States 06/29/2020 01:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice They make huge discoveries all the time, most of it is never used though. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18002994 Whether or NOT this new discovery paves the way to the cure for Parkinsons...I am sorry to say...depends on the "hit" to their finances "Big Pharma" will suffer if the disease is cured. It really is all about the money. If the eventual cure can be marketed at the SAME INCOME or GREATER than what the Big Medicine gets from current Parkinsons sufferers then we are home free. If a short-fall...then we won't see a cure. Sounds really jaded but that's the way medicine in the West works now. It is a BUSINESS--and a brutal one where money is concerned--not a fairy Godmother wanting a happy ending to a personal tragedy. It wasn't always this way ...not sure how this all happened but my bet would be corrupt politicians. Follow the money. :money: S.P.Pug Last Edited by The Oracle's Cookie on 06/29/2020 01:16 PM "An evil enemy will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes." – Sun Tzu"...."DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK!" Thread: Disney's TV Series "LOST" MARATHON! Numbers/Script Match Future News! 2018-2020 Target Years. Thread: 2-23-2020 pg. 8 Big Update: The DAVINCI EQUINOX CODE: Ancient Equinox temples were WARNINGS not "celebrations" of the sun." Thread: OMG! It's NOT done YET! Still...Sitting on the Tracks of an "Unstoppable" Run-Away Train! Updates!
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77586330 United States 06/29/2020 01:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice That’s really interesting news, all kinds of processes that can turn one kind of cell into another sheds more light and opens up new treatment possibilities. :fivestars: Quoting: Red Hot Chilean Pepe It really is :mindblown:
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 77586330 United States 06/29/2020 01:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Accidental discovery leads to Parkinson’s disease cure in mice Now they need to try it on mice with the degeneration caused genetically rather than being chemically induced. Still, it's like some science fiction right out of a movie or something.
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