Aspen Neuroscience has expanded its ongoing Phase 1/2a clinical trial by dosing two new groups of Parkinson’s disease…
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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Articles by Andrea Lobo
A European Medicines Agency (EMA) committee is recommending approval of Hopledo (IPX203) — an oral extended-release formulation of levodopa and…
Parkinson’s advocacy organizations are urging the newly established National Parkinson’s Project Advisory Council to move quickly to implement the…
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has granted $2.74 million to X-tosis to support the…
Clinical trials of UX-DA003, an experimental stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease developed by Unixell Biotechnology, can now…
A new personalized, adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) system developed by researchers…
A $2.5 million research grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) will help expand a Phase 2 clinical…
According to this year’s Parkinson’s Foundation State of the Community Survey, disease symptoms and medication knowledge are top concerns…
Scenic Biotech has joined the LRRK2 Investigative Therapeutics Exchange (LITE) program to study its PLA2G15 inhibitors as a potential…
UZ Leuven and KU Leuven, two institutions in Belgium, have introduced NeuroEXPLORER PET into clinical practice. The ultra-high-resolution PET scanner,…