Each year, we celebrate in the month of April the birthday of James Parkinson, who first described the disease and its characteristics in 1817. Patient and research groups around the world organise the World Parkinson’s Day around the 11th of April to draw attention to the disease and inform on symptoms and treatment options.

The government has decided to establish new medical training programmes in Luxembourg within the next years.

By using computer simulation, scientists can study the interactions between protein from food, and levodopa.

The Rotary Clubs from Luxembourg have successfully supported brain research for years now. In order to further endorse biomedical research, the Rotary Clubs from Luxembourg, in collaboration with their Rotarian friends from Briey and Salernes, as well as the Rotary Foundation, which celebrates its 100th anniversary, have launched the project “Hope 4 Parkinson”.

Last Friday, Prof. Dr Rainer Klump, the President of the University of Luxembourg, Dr Marc Schiltz, the Secretary General of the Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) and Prof. Dr Rudi Balling, the Director of the LCSB, volunteered as control subjects (i.e. people not affected by Parkinson's disease) in the Luxembourg Parkinson Study, within the National Centre for Excellence in Research (NCER-PD).

  1. Prof. Michel Mittelbronn to implement neuropathology in Luxembourg
  2. Gait freezing – when Parkinson's patients are frozen to the spot
  3. Researchers’ Days 2016
  4. Of Hiking and Parkinson’s Disease