Probing Parkinson's - listen to The Naked Scientists radio show

23 January 2013

Innovative research funded by Parkinson's UK is the star of a radio show produced by Cambridge-based team The Naked Scientists.

'Probing Parkinson's' - listen to the programme here

In the programme

• Dr Richard Wade-Martins talks about our exciting research underway at the University of Oxford.
• Alan Cameron, who has Parkinson's, describes how the condition has affected him personally.
• Dr Kieran Breen, our director of research and innovation, explains how people can get involved in Parkinson's research.

Highlighting cutting edge research underway in Oxford

The Monument Discovery Project, funded by the Monument Trust, is our biggest ever research grant at £5million over 5 years.

Led by Dr Richard Wade-Martins (pictured right), this groundbreaking project brings together a world-class team of researchers at the University of Oxford to accelerate progress towards a cure for Parkinson's.

The researchers are using cutting edge new techniques to turn skin cells from people with Parkinson's into brain cells that they can study in the lab.

In the podcast Richard explains how studying these brain cells is helping us understand the very earliest changes that happen inside the Parkinson's brain.

And he talks about the potential this holds for developing new and better treatments.

Take part in the Monument Discovery Project

The research team at the University of Oxford is still looking for more volunteers to take part in the groundbreaking Monument Discovery Project.

You may be eligible to take part in the study if you live in the Thames Valley region and:

• have been diagnosed with Parkinson's in the last 3 years
• or have a brother or sister who has Parkinson's

Find out more about the Monument Discovery project and taking part

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