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 treatment...
New tech could improve care for Parkinson’s patients
WEB1 day ago · Clinicians typically gauge the severity of the disease using subjective rating scales, and a shortage of doctors trained to treat Parkinson’s means that people can go months – or years ...
New Parkinson’s drug could slow or reverse progression of disease ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 · New Parkinson’s drug could slow or reverse progression of disease, researchers say: ‘Big step forward’. Published On. August 21, 2024. Social Media. Share this article. “People with Parkinson’s should be aware that although the findings were interesting, this was only a safety, tolerability and immunogenicity study, and thus there is ...
Parkinson's disease - Latest research and news - Nature
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.
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WEBSep 18, 2024 · 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.
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. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who conducted the ...
Parkinson's Discovery Suggests We May Already Have an
WEBResearchers have discovered how a cell surface protein called Aplp1 can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson's disease from cell-to-cell in the brain.
New therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease discovered
WEBJul 19, 2023 · The discovery opens a new avenue for Parkinson’s therapeutics, scientists report in a new study. The Northwestern scientists discovered that mutations in parkin result in a breakdown of contacts between two key workers in …
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. Swedish resident Thomas Matsson was the first...