A Potential Parkinson’s Treatment Has Promising Results
WEBJun 20, 2024 · A small new trial published in the journal Nature Medicine describes what would be two firsts for Parkinson's disease, if they pan out: a diagnostic test and a potential immune-based...
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WEB4 days ago · New method may identify younger people at risk for Parkinson’s. A new method for detecting toxic protein clumps of alpha-synuclein in skin cells may help diagnose Parkinson’s disease up to two decades before motor symptoms appear, according to a …
New Parkinson’s Treatments in the Clinical Trial Pipeline for 2024
WEBSep 26, 2023 · Extensive research is underway to develop new medications for Parkinson's disease (PD), with several promising candidates at different stages of development.
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WEB5 days ago · Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which is characterized by motor symptoms such as tremor, rigidity, slowness of movement and problems with gait. Motor symptoms...
New Findings About Key Pathological Protein in Parkinson’s Disease …
WEBDec 18, 2023 · A so-called pathological protein long associated with Parkinson’s disease has been found in a new study to trigger cells to increase protein synthesis, an event that eventually kills the subset of brain cells that die off in this neurodegenerative condition.
New Vaccine for Parkinson’s Moves Closer to 1st Human Trials
WEBDec 1, 2022 · An experimental vaccine that stimulates immune responses against three regions of the alpha-synuclein protein — whose toxic clumps contribute to Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) — is moving into late-stage preclinical research aimed at supporting future requests to test it in clinical trials.
Parkinson’s patient moves freely again after world-first
WEBMay 8, 2024 · Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have successfully implanted 7 million lab-grown brain cells into a patient to treat Parkinson's disease.
New therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease discovered
WEBJul 19, 2023 · Scientists have uncovered a new mechanism by which mutations in a gene parkin contribute to familial forms of Parkinson's disease. The discovery opens a new avenue for Parkinson’s therapeutics, scientists report in a new study.
Trial data advance understanding of adaptive DBS in Parkinson’s
WEB2 days ago · Nearly all people with Parkinson’s disease taking part in Medtronic‘s ADAPT-PD trial had symptom-related brain signals strong enough to trigger adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS), known for short as aDBS, according to early data.
Novel drug molecule could help treat Parkinson's disease in …
WEB2 days ago · A novel drug molecule being studied by researchers from McGill University could reactivate housekeeping functions in brain cells of young Parkinson's patients, paving the way for potential...