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Using its brain mapping platform, Inscopix will team up with researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to investigate how changes in brain activity alter the functioning of nerve cells. The goal is to identify new therapeutic targets for Parkinson’s disease. The collaboration will be led…

The Silverstein Foundation for Parkinson’s with GBA together with Q-State Biosciences have launched Chamishi Therapeutics, a company aiming to develop innovative treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Chamishi will initially focus on developing antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapies for Parkinson’s patients carrying mutations in the…

In a recent review, scientists highlight the potential of gene editing technologies like CRISPR/Cas9 to not only understand the molecular mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease, but also identify new targets for treatment. The review study, “Interrogating Parkinson’s disease associated redox targets: Potential application of CRISPR editing,” was published in…

A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique allows for the visualization of molecular changes in the brain, a study reports. This technique will allow researchers to further understand how the brain works and how it changes with ageing or during the onset of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Moreover,…

Prevail Therapeutics will soon start its Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the safety, tolerability, and early efficacy of its one-time gene therapy — called PR001 — for Parkinson’s disease associated with mutations in the GBA1 gene. The trial is expected to enroll up to 16 people with confirmed GBA1…

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kyowa Kirin’s Nourianz (istradefylline) tablets as an add-on therapy to treat off periods in Parkinson’s disease patients on a carbidopa/levodopa regimen. Off periods — when the effects of a medication wear off before a new dose can be…

Rescuing the activity of neurons in the subthalamic nucleus — part of a brain region that controls movement — lessens motor dysfunction in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a recent study. The “study argues that the loss of this intrinsic activity promotes abnormal synchronization and…

The largest dataset ever compiled on Parkinson’s disease research — equivalent to 47.5 billion single-spaced typed pages — is now available to scientists, and can be used to investigate genetic changes over time in people with the neurodegenerative disorder. Funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the “Parkinson’s…

A scientist at the University of Sheffield in England has been awarded a £100,000 grant by Parkinson’s UK to develop a treatment that might slow or stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease and protect brain cells. The one-year grant, worth about $120,000, was given to Heather Mortiboys, a…

Scientist Wenquan Zou, MD, PhD, has received a two-year grant to develop a non-invasive skin test for diagnosing Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Diagnosing these disorders currently requires invasive analysis, either by imaging brain tissue or analyzing the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) — the…