Genetics
Parkinson's disease linked to gene targeted by blue-green algae toxin
Scientists have discovered a possible link between Parkinson's disease and a gene impacted by a neurotoxin found in blue-green algae.
Mar 16, 2020
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Genetics
New discovery on the progression of dementia in Parkinson's
An international study featuring Murdoch researchers has discovered a genetic variant with a five times higher risk factor for predicting the progression of dementia.
Aug 27, 2021
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Finding points to possible new Parkinson's therapy
A new study shows that, when properly manipulated, a population of support cells found in the brain called astrocytes could provide a new and promising approach to treat Parkinson's disease. These findings, which were made ...
Jan 28, 2014
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Genetics
Newly discovered genetic mutation protects against Parkinson's disease and offers hope for new therapies
A previously unidentified genetic mutation in a small protein provides significant protection against Parkinson's disease and offers a new direction for exploring potential treatments, according to a new USC Leonard Davis ...
Jan 2, 2024
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Neuroscience
'STING' protein's efforts to clean up brain cell damage may speed Parkinson's disease progress
In studies with mouse and human tissue, as well as live mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a snag in the normal process of cleaning up broken DNA in brain cells may hasten the progression of Parkinson's ...
May 19, 2022
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Medical research
Cell-replacement therapy could lead to Parkinson's treatment
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have developed an efficient way of making specific cells in high numbers that have worked in mice to reverse the damage caused by Parkinson’s disease and hope to be testing these cells ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Unraveling the mystery of a-synuclein in neurodegenerative disease and reversing its course
A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center has shown how a protein, known to accumulate in Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, activates the brain's immune response.
May 12, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers identify a new candidate therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease
The human brain is lipid rich. Lipids and fatty acids contribute to many important cellular processes. Alpha-synuclein—a protein that plays a critical role in Parkinson's disease (PD)—is known to interact with and alter ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Medications
Combination therapy reduces toxic aggregates in Parkinson's disease
A new combination of drugs could fix the broken lysosomal enzyme pathway in Parkinson's disease-afflicted brain cells, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Neuron.
Nov 24, 2021
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Potential drug lessens neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease model
The first test in a mammalian model of a potential new class of drugs to treat Parkinson's disease shows abatement of neurodegeneration in the brains of test rats and no significant toxicities, University of Alabama at Birmingham ...
Jun 26, 2015
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