NeuroPoint Alliance’s (NPA) registry for people with Parkinson’s disease eligible for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery announced that…
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
Heavier coffee drinkers, based on the number of cups consumed daily, have a lower volume of the striatum, a brain…
Women with Parkinson’s disease are less likely to be referred for deep brain stimulation (DBS) evaluation than men, a…
Home initiation of under-the-skin (subcutaneous) apomorphine infusion — a treatment for motor fluctuations — is faster at improving the life…
Physical exercise interventions can lessen Parkinson’s disease motor symptoms — and these beneficial effects are similar for both aerobic…
Teitur Trophics has raised €28 million (about $29.7 million) to advance its lead candidate, TT-P34, into a Phase 1b…
Researchers have found a genetic association between Parkinson’s disease and melanoma, a type of skin cancer, and prostate cancer. Data…
Inbrija (levodopa inhalation powder), an approved therapy for off episodes in Parkinson’s patients on certain standard levodopa-based treatments, is now…
Older Parkinson’s patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS), those in their 60s and 70s at the time of…
Men with mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease may experience greater effects of the disease on certain aspects of their life than…