Brain Fables: The Hidden History of Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Blueprint to Conquer Them - Softcover

Espay, Alberto

 
9781108744621: Brain Fables: The Hidden History of Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Blueprint to Conquer Them
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1108744621 ISBN 13: 9781108744621
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

With no biological boundaries between neurodegenerative diseases as defined today, Brain Fables offers a blueprint for precision medicine.

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About the Authors

Alberto Espay is Professor of Neurology and Endowed Chair of the University of Cincinnati James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. He has published extensively on Parkinson's disease and leads the first phenotype-agnostic biomarker development program for patients with neurodegenerative diseases (CCBP) designed to deploy bioassays aiming at matching available therapies with those most likely to benefit, regardless of their clinical diagnosis.

Benjamin Stecher was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease aged 29 and has since become actively involved in Parkinson's Disease research and advocacy. He is the founder of Tomorrow Edition, where he has interviewed close to 80 experts in Parkinson's disease. He sits on several patient advisory boards and speaks and consults regularly at academic labs, as well as biotech and pharmaceutical companies, working to bring better therapies for people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108744621
ISBN 13 
9781108744621
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
178