At the end of each month the SoPD writes a post which provides an overview of some of the major pieces of Parkinson’s-related research that were made available during August 2018. The post is divided into five parts based on the type of research (Basic biology, disease mechanism, clinical research, other news, and Review articles/videos).
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So, what happened during August 2018?
In world news:
August 1 – American technology company became the world’s first public company to achieve a market capitalization of US$1 trillion.
August 12th – NASA launched the unmanned ‘Parker Solar Probe’ which will study the Sun (up close and personal)
August 16th – Singer, song writer and pianist Aretha Louise Franklin passed away (sad day)
August 31st – Joe Giaglia, director of California Skateparks, who had previously made a x12.5 scale replica of a skate board finally got it certified by Guinness World Records as the largest in the world.
Seriously, it measures 35 feet, 7 inches long (10.8 meters)!
In the world of Parkinson’s research, a great deal of new research and news was reported:
In August 2018, there were 679 research articles added to the Pubmed website with the tag word “Parkinson’s” attached (5372 for all of 2018 so far). In addition, there was a wave to news reports regarding various other bits of Parkinson’s research activity (clinical trials, etc).