Internet Visits with Parkinson’s Specialist Can Be as Effective as In-person Visits, Trial Finds
Virtual house calls with a neurologist can be as effective as in-person visits for Parkinson’s disease patients, offering convenience and…
Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
Mitochondria-Targeting Therapies in Parkinson’s Disease Are Focus of Free Webinar
The online Parkinson’s disease community GeneFo and Greg Macpherson, MitoQ‘s CEO, will conduct a free webinar on Aug. 24, at 1…
New Fluorescent Tools Help Researchers Track Protein Involved in Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania developed a strategy using fluorescence that allows them to track alpha-synuclein protein and follow its…
Diabetes Therapy Byetta Improves Parkinson’s Patients’ Movement, Clinical Trial Shows
Parkinson’s patients who injected themselves with the diabetes therapy Byetta (exenatide) every week for a year were able to move better,…
Soft Robotic Exosuit Could Help Those with Parkinson’s, a Stroke Patient Study Indicates
A Harvard University-designed soft robotic exosuit that helped stroke patients walk better could do the same for Parkinson’s and multiple…
Prexton Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Trial of Foliglurax for Parkinson’s Patients
Prexton Therapeutics has initiated a new Phase 2 clinical trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of its investigational therapy Foliglurax (PXT002331)…
Stem Cell Therapeutics Firm ISCO, in Clinical Trial for Parkinson’s, Reviews Key Achievements of 2016
International Stem Cell Corp. (ISCO) says two of its biggest achievements in the last quarter of 2016 was demonstrating that…
New Computer-based Method Helps Diagnose Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
Scientists have developed a new computer-based method that shows great promise in improving the accuracy of diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s…
Researchers Identify Genetic ‘Switch’ for Mitochondrial Health in Parkinson’s Neurons
Researchers have identified a gene that acts as a switch for genes regulating mitochondria metabolism in neurons. These findings suggest that…
Biomarker in Blood Tests May Help Distinguish Parkinson’s from Similar Diseases
A biomarker usually measured in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and used to differentiate Parkinson’s disease (PD) from similar diseases, has been…