The Parkinson’s Foundation‘s largest annual fundraiser — Moving Day, A Walk for Parkinson’s — is marking its 15th anniversary,…
Andrea Lobo
Andrea Lobo is a Science writer at BioNews. She holds a Biology degree and a PhD in Cell Biology/Neurosciences from the University of Coimbra-Portugal, where she studied stroke biology. She was a postdoctoral and senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health in Porto, in drug addiction, studying neuronal plasticity induced by amphetamines. As a research scientist for 19 years, Andrea participated in academic projects in multiple research fields, from stroke, gene regulation, cancer, and rare diseases. She authored multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She shifted towards a career in science writing and communication in 2022.
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Serina Therapeutics has entered into definitive agreements for a private placement that could provide up to $30 million to…
Treatment with pirepemat, an oral medication in the pipeline at Irlab Therapeutics AB, may help reduce the risk of…
Biological changes associated with Parkinson’s disease, including newly identified changes in a signaling network linked to neuroinflammation, or brain…
GT-02287, an oral Parkinson’s disease therapy from Gain Therapeutics, showed promising results in a Phase 1b trial. Over three…
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GEN Pharmaceuticals has received ethical approval from an accredited medical research ethics committee in the Netherlands to conduct a…
Casma Therapeutics has been awarded $7.6 million from The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) to support the preclinical…
The integration of Kneu Health’s smartphone-based platform into Cedars-Sinai’s Parkinson’s care program enabled ongoing symptom monitoring and revealed the…
Immunis said it entered into an exclusive deal with Toray for the rights to develop and commercialize a…