New Assay for Analyzing Parkinson’s Enzyme Activity Might Aid Drug Development
Researchers have developed a laboratory assay that measures the activity of the mutated LRRK2 gene — the major genetic cause of…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
TRANSEURO Readies New Attempt at Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s
TRANSEURO, a research consortium funded by the European Union, is readying an old weapon for a new round in the struggle to…
Parkinson’s: Mutant Enzyme, α-Synuclein Interaction May Be Preventable
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham report that the most common genetic cause of Parkinson’s disease, a…
Cancer Drug Raises Dopamine Levels, Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms in Early Study in Patients
A small Phase 1 clinical trial from the Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) suggests that the approved cancer drug Tasigna…
Parkinson’s Study Showing Increased Death Risk with Antipsychotic Drugs Fuels Debate Among Experts
This week, a more than decade-old debate concerning the use of antipsychotic drugs in the elderly with dementia flared up after a…
Possible New Way of Treating Parkinson’s Found via Link to Gaucher Disease
While investigating links to Gaucher disease — a rare genetic condition with strong ties to Parkinson’s — researchers collaborating across three…
Parkinson’s Disease Might Be Triggered By Traumatic Brain Injury
Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York discovered…
Parkinson’s Gene Mutations Determine Treatment Response to Rasagiline
Gene mutations are often associated with something negative, but analyzing data from ADAGIO — the largest Phase 3 clinical…
Possible First Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease Found in Urine of Patients
A protein linked to the presence and severity of Parkinson’s has been found in urine samples from patients — opening the possibility that…
Questions Raised on Gene Mutation Found in Early Onset Parkinson’s Patient
Sequencing the DNA of genes with known links to Parkinson’s disease revealed a previously unknown mutation in a patient with…