Book contents
- Brain Fables
- Brain Fables
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface 1 – The Question
- Preface 2 – Enter Patient
- Acknowledgements
- Special Thanks from Benjamin Stecher
- Chapter 1 The Shaky Six and the “Second Reality”
- Chapter 2 Pieces of a Puzzle?
- Chapter 3 Disease “Redefinition”: A Tough Pill to Swallow
- Chapter 4 Disease Subtypes: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 5 Protein Paradox
- Chapter 6 The Fault in Our Models
- Chapter 7 Biomarkers: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 8 Lessons from Oncology
- Chapter 9 Symptomatic vs. Disease-Modifying Therapies
- Chapter 10 The Hypothesis That Refuses to Die
- Chapter 11 Our Living Dissonance
- Chapter 12 The Scientific and Lay Narratives
- Chapter 13 Challenges Viewed from Afar
- Chapter 14 The Moonshot: Population-Based Studies of Aging
- Chapter 15 Predictions for the 2020s and Beyond
- Epilogue
- Note Added at Press Time – Reviving LOF
- References
- Index
Epilogue
“When Will We Have a Cure for Parkinson’s Disease?”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2020
- Brain Fables
- Brain Fables
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface 1 – The Question
- Preface 2 – Enter Patient
- Acknowledgements
- Special Thanks from Benjamin Stecher
- Chapter 1 The Shaky Six and the “Second Reality”
- Chapter 2 Pieces of a Puzzle?
- Chapter 3 Disease “Redefinition”: A Tough Pill to Swallow
- Chapter 4 Disease Subtypes: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 5 Protein Paradox
- Chapter 6 The Fault in Our Models
- Chapter 7 Biomarkers: The Promise and the Fallacy
- Chapter 8 Lessons from Oncology
- Chapter 9 Symptomatic vs. Disease-Modifying Therapies
- Chapter 10 The Hypothesis That Refuses to Die
- Chapter 11 Our Living Dissonance
- Chapter 12 The Scientific and Lay Narratives
- Chapter 13 Challenges Viewed from Afar
- Chapter 14 The Moonshot: Population-Based Studies of Aging
- Chapter 15 Predictions for the 2020s and Beyond
- Epilogue
- Note Added at Press Time – Reviving LOF
- References
- Index
Summary
A decade ago one of my colleagues was asked at a conference, “When will we have a cure for Parkinson’s disease?”
“It could happen at any time,” he replied. “It could happen next year. It could happen in 10 years. It could happen tomorrow.”
My colleague’s optimism was well-founded. Talented researchers were hard at work in laboratories throughout the world, and money was pouring in from governments, the pharmaceutical industry, and foundations large and small. The Michael J. Fox Foundation had become a muscular force that was determined to take down this progressive, degenerative disease.
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- Brain FablesThe Hidden History of Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Blueprint to Conquer Them, pp. 148 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020