A molecule that shows promise in preventing Parkinson's disease has been refined by scientists at the University of Bath in the UK, and has the potential to be developed into a drug to treat the deadly neurodegenerative disease.
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Whether or not someone develops Parkinson's disease may be a game of nanometers.
Dec 8, 2021
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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 Disease develops if a certain anti-viral receptor and its protein in the brain, called the interferon-beta pathway, is not functioning correctly. That causes the pathway to be blocked, and as a result the brain ...
Oct 8, 2021
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University of Utah Health scientists have identified a molecule that slows cells' production of alpha-synuclein, a protein that forms toxic aggregates in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease. Its discovery points ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Results obtained in a study recently completed at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital reinforce the notion that dementia with Lewy bodies can be pathologically classified into two different disease ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Inside cells, organelles called mitochondria carry out a medley of vital tasks. These structures generate energy and help to keep the cells' interior environment in a state of healthy equilibrium, among other functions.
Aug 18, 2021
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have pinpointed the section of alpha-synuclein, a protein in the brain that causes it to latch onto brain cells called neurons and likely drives the development of Parkinson's disease, ...
Jul 29, 2021
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A new study, published in the journal eNeuro, suggests the answer is no. If this is borne out, that result differs from Alzheimer's disease, where reducing endogenous tau levels in brain neurons is protective for multiple ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Chronic inflammation in the gut may propel processes in the body that give rise to Parkinson's disease, according to a study by scientists at Van Andel Institute and Roche.
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