
Kiani Jeacock, a PhD researcher at the University of Edinburgh, talks about her work studying Parkinson's disease as a biochemist and previous experience studying Alzheimer's disease. Kiani explains what Parkinson's is, the biochemical causes of the disease and the things that we currently don't know. We also talk about potential methods and impact of early diagnosis of Parkinson's, a topic currently being reasearched.
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