Tag: Parkinson’s disease
This April, the NIU Public Relations Student Society of America (NIU PRSSA) is participating in Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. The goal as a student-run public relations firm group is to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease and funds to support the American Parkinson Disease Association’s (APDA) mission to “Ease the Burden – Find the Cure.” APDA...
A team of researchers that included two Northern Illinois University scientists has used vitamin K2 to successfully undo the effect of one of the genetic defects that leads to Parkinson’s disease. The research study, conducted on fruit flies, is published in the latest edition of the prestigious journal Science on its Science Express website (see abstract)....
