Prepping for a Nursing Exam? Nurse Practitioner Certification to the Rescue!

Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination and Practice Preparation is all new to the MSK Library! The latest edition of this award-winning resource by Dr. Margaret A. Fitzgerald, is must read for anyone taking the NP certification exam.  This 5th edition delivers the latest guidelines, recommendations, diagnostic and treatment protocols, and procedures – everything critical to passing the NP boards.

Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination and Practice Preparation may be accessed through our eBook A-Z listing or in TriCat, our library catalog.

Brain Cell Transplants May Aid Parkinson’s Patients

Dr. Viviane Tabar was quoted in an NPR story about the possible return of Brain Cell Transplants… for Parkinson’s patients.  Over a decade ago research was conducted to transplant fetal brain cells into Parkinson’s patients, with the goal of helping replace lost dopamine producing cells. Those early studies were halted due to adverse effects and lack of significant improvements. However, Dr. Tabar and colleagues never stopped working.  And today, with colleagues at MSK an, she is hoping to get FDA approval to begin trials of treating Parkinson’s patients with laboratory-created pure dopamine cells in 2018. Tabar is hopeful that this new treatment is exactly the innovation that Parkinson’s research needs. “On the one hand, you don’t want to rush,” she says. “On the other hand I think the field is ready for something bold.”