Cure Parkinson’s Trust (CPT) and the Van Andel Institute (VAI) will contribute $4.5 million in total to support a global program that seeks to develop disease-modifying Parkinson’s therapies. The three-year funding agreement backs the international Linked Clinical Trials (LCT) initiative, established by the two organizations in 2012…
A three-year project in Europe seeks to develop nanodevices that could be used as brain implants to treat neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy. The European Commission is funding the 3-million euro ($3.3-million) project, called Ion Neuromodulation for Epilepsy Treatment (IN-FET), which aims to create new implantable…
The first three winners of the Parkinson’s Foundation’s new Physical Therapy Faculty Award will use their up to $10,000 grant for projects aimed at putting exercise to work in improving patients’ lives. The program underscores an increasing need, as more patients live longer, for physical therapists trained in Parkinson’s.
Zelira Therapeutics, an Australia-based medical cannabis company, has partnered with the Parkinson’s Foundation to learn more about patients’ usage and understanding of medical cannabis and hemp-derived treatments. Zelira and the organization are developing a survey looking at current use and perceived benefits of medical cannabis among those…
Kevin Schaefer hadn’t been in an airport since he was 4 years old, so he had been looking forward to flying from his home in Cary, North Carolina, to Anaheim, California, in June for the 2019 Cure SMA Conference. As it turned out, his experience didn’t go as expected.
The Parkinson’s Foundation has established a first Parkinson’s Nurse Fellowship program in the U.S., offering one year of training and support to working nurses who want to specialize in treating people with this progressive disease. Applications are being accepted through Feb. 20 for the fellowship, worth up to…
In keeping with a burgeoning emphasis on exercise in Parkinson’s, Louisiana Tech University (LTU) has launched a dance program to help patients manage the disease. Called Dance with Parkinson’s, the program begins Feb. 5 at LTU’s Lambright Sports and Wellness Center. The goal is to get…
The first participant has been recruited for a clinical trial in the United Kingdom that will test whether a class of medicines used mainly for dementia can help prevent falls in Parkinson’s disease patients. Led by the University of Bristol and the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust,…
A group of young onset Parkinson’s disease (YOPD) patients from around the world are launching a yearlong Facebook fundraiser to help others with the disorder attend the 6th World Parkinson Congress (WPC) in 2022. Representing 11 countries, the 26 participants, including an advocate who doesn’t have…
The Parkinson’s Foundation announced that it has added five sites to its national initiative that provides complimentary genetic testing and counseling to people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). In addition to helping patients better understand their disease, the program aims to improve Parkinson’s therapies — and enable personalized treatments —…
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