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| First Name: | Ole | | Last Name: | Isacson | | Title: | Professor | | Advanced Degrees: | Dr. Med. Sci. | | Affiliation: | Harvard Medical School | | Department: | Center for Neuroregeneration Research | | Street Address 1: | McLean Hospital | | Street Address 2: | 115 Mill St. | | City: | Belmont | | State/Province: | MA | | Zip/Postal Code: | 02478 | Country/Territory: | U.S.A. | | Email Address: |  |
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Member reports no financial or other potential conflicts of interest. [Last Modified: 15 June 2005]
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Polyglutamine Disorders (Huntington's, etc.), Parkinson Disease, Aging Process, Alzheimer Disease, Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Down syndrome, etc.), Neuromuscular Disorders (ALS, etc.)
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Animal Models, Neurotransmission, Clinical trials, Proteomics, Selective vulnerability, Neurobiology, Neuroimmunology, DNA microarrays, Stem cells, A-beta PP/A-beta, Molecular and Cell biology, Microscopy, Brain imaging, Neuropathology
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Dr. Ole Isacson is Professor of Neurology (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Neuroregeneration Research and the McLean Hospital/Harvard University Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence, Belmont, MA, and a Chair of the Regeneration and Repair Program, Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair. Prof. Isacson’s Harvard Medical School affiliated laboratory works on scientific models and new concepts for therapies for neurodegenerative diseases including cell replacement, regeneration and protection, which have resulted in discoveries that led to clinical trials for Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. He is Receiving Editor of the European Journal of Neuroscience, past President of the American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, member elect of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Society of Transplantation and the council of the Intl. Cell Transplantation Society. He serves as a reviewer and advisor to the NIH, DOD, Parkinson community groups and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. He has received international prizes, research awards and lectureships, including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Lindahl Award and the Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award. He is author or co-author of over 200 scientific research publications in neuroscience and neurology, and 3 books in his field. |
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