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Parkinson's doesn't just affect movement and the brain—it may also impact the heart, according to new research from the University of Surrey. Scientists from Surrey's School of Veterinary Medicine suggest that targeting a ...
Apr 3, 2025
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A team that includes a RIKEN researcher has refined a lab test for measuring protein aggregate levels in samples from patients with certain neurodegenerative diseases. This has the potential to improve diagnosis and drug ...
Mar 19, 2025
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Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found a potential new target for treating Parkinson's disease. Their new research reveals how a protein in brain cells may drive Parkinson's onset—and offers a possible ...
Feb 25, 2025
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A form of Parkinson's disease caused by mutations in a gene known as PINK1 has long been labeled rare. But our research shows it's anything but—at least for some populations.
Feb 25, 2025
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Researchers led by Zhentao Zhang at Wuhan University, China have discovered a cholesterol metabolite that plays a critical role in the development of Parkinson's disease in mice. Published in the journal PLOS Biology, the ...
Feb 18, 2025
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In diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, specific proteins misfold and clump together, forming toxic aggregates that damage brain cells. The process of proteins spontaneously clumping is called protein aggregation and ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Lewy body diseases (LBDs) are a class of debilitating neurodegenerative disorders linked to the abnormal aggregation of the protein α-synuclein in nerve cells. When misfolded, this protein can produce clumps known as Lewy ...
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) discovered a new factor in the pathology of Parkinson's disease, which in the future may serve as a target for developing new treatments for this terrible ailment, affecting close ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Brain disorders like Parkinson's disease (PD) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) start to develop in patients much earlier than when their first clinical symptoms appear. Treating patients at these early stages could slow or even ...
Nov 1, 2024
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A team of researchers at Kumamoto University has uncovered a mechanism in the formation of harmful protein aggregates that lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease.
Nov 1, 2024
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