Teitur Trophics reports positive phase 1 data for Parkinson’s peptide
Why it matters: Parkinson’s treatments can help manage symptoms, but none has been shown to slow or stop…
UConn-made protein supplement is being studied. What it’s for.
A six-month study on an amino-acid supplement shake developed by UConn School of Medicine researchers for Parkinson’s patients…
Peripheral Inflammation May Drive Parkinson’s
A new study suggests that aging or Parkinson’s-triggering mutations create inflammation in peripheral tissues, and then circulating extracellular…
Parkinson’s disease: The brain disorder that often begins silently years before tremors appear | India News
Meet Mr Bipin. He is nearing 62. These days, he pauses before signing his name, his hand trembling…
Brain implants show promise for depression treatment in new study
Brain implants that deliver electric pulses can ease depression in people who aren’t responding to psychiatric drugs, a…
MIT researchers developing injectable chip for brain disorders
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are working on microscopic, wireless chips that can travel through the bloodstream and…
C-terminus-dependent detection of lysosomal alpha-synuclein in nigral Parkinson’s disease human brain neurons | Molecular Neurodegeneration
Maroteaux L, Campanelli JT, Scheller RH. Synuclein – a neuron-specific protein localized to the nucleus and presynaptic nerve-terminal.…
How are pesticides and Parkinson’s disease linked? One doctor’s research spans 25 years
While Dr. Beate Ritz was undergoing training in psychiatry in Germany, her 62-year-old department chair developed Parkinson’s disease. It…
Study finds COVID-19 damage to sense of smell can last years
A COVID-19 infection might blunt a person’s sense of smell for years afterward, but so subtly they might…