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May 21, 2019

Interview With Physician-Scientist Prof. Alice Chen-Plotkin

on the Advantages of Being a Physician-Scientist, Pharmacogenomics, Biomarker Studies, and more

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May 17, 2019

Open Science – Aligning Science and Society

Accelerating our Understanding of Ourselves Through Open Science

by Benjamin

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May 4, 2019

Alien Perspectives

Galactic Advice on Biology, the Brain, and Aging.

by Benjamin

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May 2, 2019

Interview With Spinal Cord Stimulation Expert Prof. Mandar Jog

on Input vs. Output, the Future of Neuromodulation, and Applying Math to Brain Science

by Benjamin

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April 12, 2019

If I Had A Billion Dollars

Yubby dibby dibby dum

by Benjamin

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April 9, 2019

Billion Dollar Writing Challenge Winners!

And the Winners are...

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April 8, 2019

Lessons From Lisbon

On Progress and the Age of Exploration

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March 18, 2019

If I Had A Billion Dollars Writing Challenge

What would you do with $1,000,000,000 for PD?

by Benjamin

March 6, 2019

Revision vs Reconstruction – Discussing The Future of Parkinson’s disease

Incremental Change or A New Approach?

by Benjamin

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March 6, 2019

Notes from the Chan Zuckerberg Intitiative’s Neurodegeneration Challenge Network...

The Start of a Bold New Initiative

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February 18, 2019

Interview with CRISPR Expert Dr. Emmanouil Metzakopian

on the Future of CRISPR and Gene Editing

by Benjamin

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February 16, 2019

Interview with African Parkinson’s Advocate Omotola Thomas

on the State of Care in Africa, Stigmas, Science and Research and more

by Benjamin

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February 15, 2019

Interview with Autophagy Expert Prof. David Rubinsztein

on Autophagy as a Therapeutic Target in Neurodegenerative Diseases

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February 12, 2019

Protein Aggregation, Story Telling, and the Search for Truth – A Tale of...

When Established Beliefs Confront New Hypothesis

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February 7, 2019

The Myth of the Overlooked Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s disease

A Brief Defense of Neurology by Prof. Andrew Lees

by Benjamin

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February 5, 2019

Interview With World-Renowned Neurologist Prof. Andrew Lees

on the Future of Neurology

by Benjamin

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February 4, 2019

Letter to Readers + Upcoming Speaking Schedule

by Benjamin

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January 22, 2019

Interview with Systems Neurology Expert Prof. Alberto Espay

On Understanding the Nature of Complex Diseases through Systems Biology

by Benjamin

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January 10, 2019

The Promise of Precision Medicine

Precision therapies are on the horizon, but are they precise enough?

by Benjamin

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January 9, 2019

Interview with Me, Benjamin Stecher

On Science, Society and Everything in between

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January 4, 2019

触发因素，促进因素和加重因素：帕金森病的新假设

Chinese version of Triggers, Facilitators and Aggravators Hypothesis

by Benjamin

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January 2, 2019

Part 9: Technology to the Rescue!….not so fast

Can Something so Subjective be Turned into Data?

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December 29, 2018

Part 8: The Role of Patients

Engaging Patients in Therapeutic Development

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December 15, 2018

Part 7: The Alignment Problem

Nudging Stakeholder Interests a Little Closer Together

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December 13, 2018

Part 6: Purging the System

Rebooting Healthcare and Medical Science

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December 8, 2018

Part 5: Restorative Therapies on the Horizon

Strategies to Get Back What's Lost

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December 6, 2018

Part 4: Today’s Most Promising Drug Targets

43 Experts Weigh in on the Most Promising Disease-Modifying Therapies in PD

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December 4, 2018

Part 3: A Crash Course in Drug Development

The Most Important Hurdles To Getting a Drug to Market

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November 22, 2018

Part 2: Coping with Biology

Lessons from the Microscopic World Around Us

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November 14, 2018

The Search for a Cure – Part 1: Back to the Future

What the PD World is Working on

by Benjamin

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November 3, 2018

Interview with Musician and Neuroscientist Prof. David Sulzer

on Elephants, Intelligence, Neuromelanin, Regrowing Neurons and more

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October 28, 2018

Interview With Former Pharmaceutical Executive Dr. Kalpana Merchant

on The Divide Between Academia and Industry, Speeding Up Therapeutic Development, and more

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October 24, 2018

Triggers, Facilitators and Aggravators: A New Hypothesis of Parkinson’s ...

Connecting the Dots in Parkinson's Research

by Benjamin

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October 16, 2018

It’s The Environment, Stupid

Featuring an Interview with Environmental Epidemiologist Prof. Honglei Chen

by Benjamin

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October 11, 2018

Notes From a Behind the Scenes Look at Roche

The Role of Big Pharma and the Quest for a Cure

by Benjamin

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September 20, 2018

Cell Replacement Therapy Experts Survey

Experts Weigh in on Some of the Biggest Unresolved Questions Facing the Future of Cell Therapy

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September 18, 2018

Interview with Biochemist and LRRK2 Expert Prof. Dario Alessi

on the Fundamental Limitations of our Understanding of Biology, the Development of LRRK2 Inhibitors, and more

by Benjamin

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September 16, 2018

Notes From The Synuclein Conference

Reflections from an Inspiring Weekend where Parkinson's Patients and Scientists came Together to Tackle their Common Foe

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September 15, 2018

Interview with 23andMe’s Dr. Paul Cannon

on his Recent Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery and his work at 23andME.

by Benjamin

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September 14, 2018

Neuroimmunology Experts Survey

Experts Weigh in on some of the Biggest Questions Facing the Future of Neuroimmunology

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September 6, 2018

Interview with Neuroplasticity Expert Prof. Michael Merzenich

on the Benefits of Brain Training Exercises, Our Understanding of the Brain, and more

by Benjamin

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August 18, 2018

Interview with Patient Advocate Martin Taylor

on Leveraging Social Media for Advocacy, and the Role of Patient Organizations

by Benjamin

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August 10, 2018

Casualties of Parkinson’s: Interview with Lisa Vanderburg

Some harsh truths on PD from a self-proclaimed watcher, waiter & schlepper

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August 7, 2018

Interview with Biochemical Neuroscientist Prof. Hilal Lashuel (Part 2)

on the Need to Embrace Complexity and Revisit the Pathology of Neurodegenerative Diseases

by Benjamin

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August 6, 2018

Interview with Biochemical Neuroscientist Prof. Hilal Lashuel (Part 1)

on Why a Patient-Centered Approach to Research and Reform of the Academic Incentive and Reward Systems are Essential to...

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July 25, 2018

Interview with Transcriptomics Expert Prof. Tuuli Lappalainen

on Understanding the Transcriptome, New Sequencing Techniques, the Future of Genetics, and more

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July 21, 2018

Interview with Neuroscientist and Electrical Engineer Prof. Jin Hyung Lee

on Breakthroughs in Neuroimaging, Challenges in Mapping Brain Circuitry, the Future of Brain Imaging, and more

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July 19, 2018

Interview with Systems Immunology Expert Prof. Shai Shen-Orr

on the Complexity of Immune Systems, the Push-back from Traditional Biology, the Future of Immunology, and more

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July 18, 2018

Interview with Neurologist and Telemedicine Expert Prof. Ray Dorsey

on Patient-Centered Care, New Tools For Monitoring Health, the Need for Advocacy, and more

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July 16, 2018

The End of Parkinson’s Disease and The Last Generation

How Parkinson's will end and what can be done to get us there faster

by Benjamin

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July 6, 2018

Interview with Neuroimmunology Expert Prof. Malu Tansey

on Immune Variability, Biomarkers of Neuroinflammation, the Gut-Brain Axis, and more

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July 5, 2018

Interview with Neurologist and Neurobiology Expert Prof. J. Timothy Greenamyre

on Transformative Breakthroughs, Knowledge Gaps, Testing our Assumptions, and more

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June 27, 2018

Interview with Microglia Expert Prof. Beth Stevens

on What it feels like to be Microglia, How Complex their Decision Making is, and more

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June 21, 2018

Interview with Nobel Prize Winning Neuroscientist Prof. Eric Kandel

on his Jewish Roots, Misconceptions in Neuroscience, Synapse Formation, and more

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June 20, 2018

Interview with Molecular Biologist and Neurologist Dr. Lorraine Kalia

on How far we have come, Current Molecular Targets, The Value of Animal Models, and more

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June 12, 2018

Interview with Gene Therapy Expert Prof. Gao Guangping

on Viral Vectors, Non-invasive Approaches, the Future of Gene Therapy, and more

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June 7, 2018

Interview with Neurochemistry Expert turned Patient Advocate Dr. Jon Stamford

on Changing Perception, Patient Engagement, Influencing Research Agendas, and more

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June 5, 2018

Interview with Neuroimaging Expert Prof. Antonio P. Strafella

on the Past and the Future of Brain Imaging

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June 5, 2018

Interview with Neurogenetics Expert Prof. Ziv Gan-Or

on the Limits of Genetics, the Impact of Risk Variants on Disease, the GBA gene, and more

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May 31, 2018

Interview with Clinical Research Scientist Prof. Karen Raphael

on the Benefits of Exercise, Improving Clinical Trials, and more

by Benjamin

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May 30, 2018

Notes from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Workshop, A Sergey Brin Family...

Takeaways from a Historic Summit and a Letter to the Parkinson's Community

by Benjamin

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May 20, 2018

Interview with Artificial Intelligence and Speech Recognition Expert Prof. Frank ...

on Natural Language Processing, Speech as a Window into the Mind, the Future of Healthcare, and more

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May 19, 2018

Interview with Personal Health Informatics Expert Sara Riggare

on Self-care, N-of-1 Studies, How to Improve Healthcare Systems, and more

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May 15, 2018

Interview with Former Pharmaceutical Executive Turned Patient Advocate David Ashford...

on the Perspective from Pharma, Failures of the Past, Changing the System, and more

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May 9, 2018

Interview With Neurologist-Scientist Dr. Miratul Muqit

on PINK1 Mutations, Drug Development, Selective Vulnerability, and more

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April 27, 2018

Interview With World-Renowned Movement Disorder Specialist Prof. Anthony E. Lang

on Interdisciplinary Research, Parkinson's Puzzle Pieces, Mistakes of the Past, and more

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April 26, 2018

Interview with Nobel Prize Winning Cell Biologist Prof. Randy Schekman

on Truth, the Problems with Science Publishing, Impact Factor, and more

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April 24, 2018

Interview with Mitochondria Expert Prof. Heidi McBride

on the Life of Mitochondria, Oxidative Stress, Bridging Silos, and more

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April 17, 2018

Interview with Optogenetics Expert Prof. Anatol Kreitzer

on Understanding the Brain, Manipulating Behavior, the Future of Brain Control, and more

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April 16, 2018

Interview With Astrocyte Expert Prof. Shane Liddelow

on What Makes us Human, Defining Brain Cells, the Brain's Immune System, and more

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April 15, 2018

Interview With Gut Microbiome Expert Prof. Sarkis Mazmanian

on Hype vs Reality, Symbiosis, how Microbes Influence our Identity, and more

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April 14, 2018

Interview with Neurogenetics Expert Dr. Mark Cookson

on Genetic Studies, the Origins of Life, the Need for Unbiased Science and more

by Benjamin

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April 12, 2018

Interview with The Ontario Brain Institute

on Identifying Subsets, Open Science, the Role of Patients and more

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April 8, 2018

Interview with Developmental Neurobiology Expert Prof. Arnold Kriegstein

on Neurogenesis, Growing Human Brains, the Life of a Cell and more

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April 5, 2018

Interview With Novartis’s Global Head Of Neuroscience Dr. Ricardo ...

on the Field of Neuroscience, Pessimism from the Pharma Industry, Personalized Drug Development and more

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April 3, 2018

Interview with Stem Cell Pioneer Prof. Roger Barker

on Brexit, Sub-types, the Future of Cell Replacement Therapy and more

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March 29, 2018

Interview with Neuronal Survival and Cell Death Expert Prof. Ted M. Dawson

on Loss of Function, Mitochondrial Disorders, Uncovering Puzzle Pieces and more

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March 29, 2018

Interview With Mitochondrial Dysfunction Expert Prof. Thomas Schwarz

on Evolutionary History, Selective Vulnerability, Mitochondrial Health and more...

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March 26, 2018

Interview With Journalist and Author Dr. Jon Palfreman

on Developing a Cure, Problems with Research, the Role of Patients and more

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March 23, 2018

Research Into Parkinson’s Disease Needs Reform (Responses)

Responses to a Call for Reform in Parkinson's Disease Research

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March 19, 2018

Interview With Computational Biologist and Genomic Scientist Prof. John ...

on Complexity, Big Data Analytics, and How Genomics is Changing Healthcare

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March 14, 2018

Interview With Aging Expert Dr. Julie K. Andersen

on the Hallmarks of Aging, Senescence, Autophagy, and more

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March 12, 2018

Interview With Epigenetics Expert Dr. Viviane Labrie

Nature vs. Nurture, Gene Expression, the Future of Genetic Research and more

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February 25, 2018

Interview With Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Expert Prof. Tal ...

Heart Patches, Lab Grown Organs, and the Future of Regenerative Medicine

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February 19, 2018

Interview With Protein Folding Expert Prof. Kelvin Luk

On Misfolding Proteins, Prions, Alpha-Synuclein and More...

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February 10, 2018

Interview With Environmental Epidemiologist Prof. Beate Ritz

On Environmental Exposure And Its Impacts On Neurodegeneration

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February 8, 2018

Interview with Mathematician, Medical Scientist, and Quantum Computation Specialist...

How Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing Will Transform Healthcare

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February 7, 2018

Interview With Chief Science Officer Of Lysosomal Therapeutics Dr. Peter ...

On Genetics, Gene Therapy, Clinical Trials, And More

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February 4, 2018

Interview With Biomedical China Specialist Michael Donovan

On The Future Of The Biomedical Field In China

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February 2, 2018

Interview With Clinical Trial Expert Dr. Peter Schmidt

On Definitions, Selective Vulnerability, Clinical Trials, and more

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February 1, 2018

Interview With Brain-on-Chips Specialist Dr. Ben Maoz

The Future Of Brain Models?

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January 28, 2018

To Know, Or Not To Know, That Is The Question…

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January 24, 2018

Interview With CEO Of The Michael J. Fox Foundation Dr. Todd Sherer

On Biomarkers, Cures, The Future Of Parkinson's Research, and more

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January 16, 2018

Interview with Neurodegeneration Specialist Prof. Patrik Brundin

On Environmental Exposure, Funding Science, Publishing And More

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January 9, 2018

Interview With The Head Of The World Parkinson Coalition Eli Pollard

Reflections On The Global Parkinson Community And The Work Of The WPC

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January 3, 2018

Interview With Consciousness Expert Prof. Christof Koch

The Future Of The Brain, Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence

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December 23, 2017

Interview With World Renowned Synthetic Biologist Prof. George Church

The Role Of Synthetic Biology In Building The Future

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December 20, 2017

Interview With Personalized Medicine Expert Prof. Bastiaan Bloem

The Future Of Personalized Medicine For Neurodegeneration

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December 18, 2017

Interview With Healthcare Data Specialist Dr. John Halamka

Realizing The Potential Of Personalized Medicine

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December 13, 2017

Interview With Neuromodulation Expert Dr. Alfonso Fasano

The Future Of Brain Machine Interfaces

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December 11, 2017

Interview With Expert On Nutrition For The Brain Dr. Laurie Mischley

Using Nutrition To Prevent And Treat Neurodegeneration.

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December 4, 2017

Interview With CEO Of The BioCollective Martha Carlin

Examining The Gut To Advance Research And Improve The Future Of Healthcare

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December 2, 2017

环游世界看看帕金森研究发现什么事

Excerpts from the world tour (For the Chinese speaking crowd)

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November 30, 2017

Interview With Research Scientist And Communicator Dr. Simon Stott

Communicating Science To The Masses

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November 27, 2017

Interview With Liz Parrish, CEO Of A Company That Aims To End Aging

The Future Of Aging

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November 26, 2017

Interview With International Authority On Movement Disorders Prof. Jeffrey H. ...

Barriers Holding Back Future Science Research

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November 20, 2017

Unanswered Questions In Parkinson’s Disease Research

Experts in the field weigh in on the biggest unsolved problems in PD.

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November 16, 2017

Interview With Stem Cell Pioneer Prof. Jeanne Loring

Head of a team using patient's own skin cells to treat disease.

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November 9, 2017

Interview With One Of The Most Cited Neurologists On The Planet Prof. Andrew ...

How To Improve Medical Science

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November 7, 2017

Interview With Acclaimed Geneticist Prof. John Hardy

A Glimpse Into The Future Of Genetics

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November 1, 2017

Interview With Stem Cell Pioneer Prof. Lorenz Studer

An Interview With A World Leader In Stem Cell Research

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October 6, 2017

The Aliens Inside You – Your Microbiome

There's More Than You Inside You

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September 18, 2017

Lessons From Chinese Medicine For The Future Of Healthcare

What Chinese Medicine Has To Teach The West.

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September 13, 2017

Cell Replacement Therapy For Parkinson’s Disease And The Future Of The ...

The New Age of Stem Cell Therapy

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September 5, 2017

What Is Disease?

A Philosophy Of Illness

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August 15, 2017

How To Rewire A Brain: Neuroplasticity In The Italian Alps

Lessons in Neurotherapy

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August 7, 2017

Rewiring Neuroscience: Letter To A Young Researcher

Problems With Science Today

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July 13, 2017

Journey Round My Brain – Part 4: Edinburgh

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July 1, 2017

Journey Round My Brain – Part 3: England

My ongoing attempt to figure out what is going on in my head

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June 26, 2017

The Most Important Question Underlying Artificial General Intelligence Research &...

We could be fundamentally limited in our ability to explain and make sense of the world

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June 18, 2017

The Coming Neurodegeneration Epidemic

Neurodegeneration Happens To Everyone

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June 9, 2017

Journey Round My Brain – Part 2: Israel

My ongoing attempt to figure out what is going on in my head

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May 28, 2017

The Baha’i And The Future Of Faith

The Role Of Religion And Philosophy In The Modern World

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May 21, 2017

Cortica, An Israeli AI Company, Is On The Verge Of Giving Machines The Gift Of ...

Computer Vision Is About To Take The Next Step

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