FGF-1 improves blood flow, motor function in Parkinson’s patient
Six months of treatment with intranasal FGF-1, a naturally occurring molecule that promotes blood vessel growth, improved blood flow in…
Articles by Andrea Lobo
Sleep, relationship quality tied to women’s sexual health: Study
Sexual health among women with Parkinson’s disease is associated with sleep quality and the quality of the relationships they…
Estrogen enhances neuroprotective effects of cytisine in female mice
Estrogen, a female sex hormone, was found to enhance the neuroprotective effects of cytisine, a smoking cessation drug, in a…
MJFF grant to fund preclinical study of paxalisib for Parkinson’s
A grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) will allow Australia-based Kazia Therapeutics to…
Subsense gets $17M to develop brain-computer interface
Subsense has received $17 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of a nanoparticle-based brain-computer interface to help…
Nanobody developed that may prevent alpha-synuclein aggregation
Researchers in the U.K. have successfully generated small antibodies, or nanobodies, that can target toxic aggregates of misfolded proteins, including…
New partnership to advance cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s
Swedish-based Smartcella has entered an agreement with a research team from the Karolinska Institute for the exclusive rights to…
Kenai facility will boost Parkinson’s neuron replacement research
Kenai Therapeutics is setting up research and laboratory facilities at Lilly Gateway Labs in San Diego, to help…
Strength training app aimed at people with Parkinson’s, MS
A research initiative aims to create a mobile app using artificial intelligence (AI) to make strength training at home more…
Plant compound eases motor, cognitive symptoms in mice
Gardenin A, a compound found in a common South Asian shrub, lessened both cognitive and motor symptoms of Parkinson’s…