Tag: PD

  • Blood collection innovation

    Blood collection innovation

    Blood collection for Biomarker and assays from humans has been done since many decades and the usual method has been the syringe for large volumes and a needle prick for smaller volumes. Very rarely has there been any major changes in this area. However one company is hoping to change that…They have a small device…

  • Parkinson’s disease – towards an understanding of the cause?

    Parkinson’s disease – towards an understanding of the cause?

    In summer 2012, Krainc’s lab published a paper on the biochemical cause for the link between Gaucher’s disease and Parkinson’s. It is known in the literature that Gaucher’s disease families have a higher incidence of Parkinson’s disease, however the reason was unknown. Gaucher’s disease is an inherited disorder caused by the mutations of the GBA…