Important advance in disease-modifying therapy
A team of German researchers led by Jens Wagner, Sergey Ryazanov, Andrei Leonov, Johannes Levin and Song Shi, reports an important breakthrough in the search for disease-modifying therapy for Parkinson’s…
New Therapies Targeting Parkinson’s Disease May Cause Harm
In a post dated 20 March, Science Daily reports that NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) and Mayo Clinic researchers have partnered on a study that shows genetic and clinical evidence that…
Mechanism That Leads to Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease Identified
Researchers in the Taub Institute at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a mechanism that appears to underlie the common sporadic (non-familial) form of Parkinson’s disease. The discovery highlights…
Researchers Closer to Early Detection of Parkinson’s
In collaboration with colleagues at Oxford, a team of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden has now further elaborated its discovery of a way to detect Parkinson’s disease at an…
Molecular ‘on/off’ switch for Parkinson’s discovered by Dundee scientists
Scientists in Dario Alessi’s group at the University of Dundee have discovered a new molecular switch that may be the key to why nerve cells die in Parkinson’s. Around 5%…
Gene Therapy Treatment shows promise
Parkinson’s UK director of research, Dr Kieran Breen, was interviewed on Sky News at lunchtime on April 12, commenting on their story about Sheila Roy, a lady with Parkinson’s who is…