Ask a Researcher: Cancer and Parkinson's Disease

Are Parkinson disease patients protected from some but not all cancers?
Read answers from Australian and overseas research teams here.
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Stem Cells and Parkinson's Disease: The Facts

Ms Francine Carew-Jones, Prof Glenda Halliday, Prof Cynthia Shannon Weickert, and Assoc Prof Kay Double Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute

Stem cells and their potential for the treatment of a wide variety of medical conditions, including Parkinson's disease (PD), are often in the news. Yet many people are unsure what the term "stem cell" refers to, nor whether stem cells might offer new treatment methods for PD. In this brief article we will describe in simple terms what constitutes a stem cell and the potential of stem cells for new PD treatments. Download PDF

Dopamine cell death in Parkinson's disease: Why do specific cells in the substantia nigra die first?

Dr Kay Double (Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute) Dr Phillip Dickson and Professor Peter Dunkley (University of Newcastle)
In this research project we are mapping the distribution of the different types of TH in each of the four tiers of the substantia nigra to investigate whether particular forms of TH are associated with cell death in Parkinson's disease. Download PDF

Keeping Well In Chronic Illness: Parkinson's Disease

Professors Lynn Chenoweth and Robyn Gallagher, and Dr June Sheriff
Parkinson's NSW has awarded a research seed grant of $20,000 to staff of the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, UTS, to conduct a pilot study promoting self-efficacy for self-management in persons with Parkinson's disease. Download PDF

Can support-group based exercise reduce risk factors for falling in people with Parkinson's Disease?

Dr Colleen Canning Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Group, Discipline of Physiotherapy. Download PDF