Patricia Inácio, PhD,  science writer—

Annovis Bio’s lead investigative therapy ANVS401 (also known as Posiphen) targeting protein buildup in the brain has been granted a U.S. patent as a way of treating Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and other Lewy body disorders. The company, previously known as QR Pharma,…

A trial in Australia will test a motion machine, called the Reviver, to understand whether it can improve balance, mobility and sensory-motor coordination in people with moderate to advanced Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonism. Exercise has been shown to help ease Parkinson’s symptoms. The Reviver machine,…

A collaborative effort between Fuzionaire Diagnostics, McGill University and The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) will foster the development of a new class of radioactive molecules — called radiochemicals — for the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease. Radiochemicals are compounds prepared with…

VistaGen Therapeutics will begin a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate its lead candidate AV-101 as a potential treatment to reduce dyskinesia (abnormal involuntary movements) induced by levodopa in patients with Parkinson’s disease, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the company’s investigational new…

High levels of urate in the blood may help preserve dopamine-producing neurons and be used as a biomarker of positive outcomes in men newly-diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a study says. The study, “Sex dependent association of urate on the patterns of striatal dopamine depletion in…

Seelos Therapeutics will begin animal studies to test a gene therapy approach to deliver its investigational candidate SLS-007 for Parkinson’s disease. SLS-007, originally developed by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, is intended to lessen the aggregation, or clumping, of alpha-synuclein protein —…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded Abbott’s Infinity Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system approval to target a brain region critical for motor functions — the globus pallidus — as a way to lessen motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients who still show impairments after medication.

Secondary parkinsonism can be caused by a cavernoma — a cluster of abnormal blood vessels — located in a brain region involved in voluntary movement control, a case report shows. The case-study, ”Nine-years follow-up of cavernoma located in basal ganglia mimicking Parkinson’s disease,” was published in the journal…

Biogen is adding Pfizer’s PF-05251749 — a regulator of the body’s inner clock — to its group of potential disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Biogen plans to test PF-05251749 in an upcoming Phase 1 clinical trial as a treatment to correct irregular sleep wake…

Cannabinoid-based formulations in development at GB Sciences were able to ease behavioral symptoms linked to the loss of dopamine producing-nerve cells — a hallmark of Parkinson’s — in a mouse model of the disease, the company said. GB Sciences will use these early results to support an…