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Search and rescue: scientists identify a novel therapy with potential for treating Parkinson's disease

A collaboration between virologists and neuroscientists at Cambridge University has demonstrated how viruses that cross the blood/brain barrier could be exploited to slow down, or even halt, the progress of Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Glaucoma: the silent thief of sight

New treatments for glaucoma are a key priority in vision research. Advances in stem cell technology in Cambridge are helping to make this dream a reality.

New hopes for the nervous system: Parkinson’s disease

The way a common virus hijacks the cell it infects could hold the clue to combating Parkinson's disease.

New hopes for the nervous system: multiple sclerosis

Cambridge neurologists have shown that an antibody used to treat leukaemia also limits and repairs the damage in multiple sclerosis.