In PD, researchers are examining if gut microbiome composition associates with markers like alpha-synuclein in colonic biopsies or with REM sleep behavior disorder severity (a prodromal feature)
Maintain sterile handling practices after first puncture
doi:10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00188-X
And I think it's, I don't think it's gonna take the next couple years or I hope not, because I think it's so important now, and I think it's something that's even overlooked, um, when it comes to what we're dealing with systemically is that's the first place we should look and sometimes it ends up being the last place that we look
While thalassemia can be managed by lifelong blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy, or potentially cured by bone marrow transplantation or cord blood transfusions, none of these interventions are without side effects including neurotoxicity, cancer, and even death (Noe 2010