New MyoCycle Models on Market After MYOLYN Wins FDA Clearance
The second version of the MyoCycle, a functional electrical stimulation (FES) bike designed for people with motor disabilities, including…
Articles by Vanda Pinto, PhD
Proceeds of Alpha Motor’s NFT ‘Relay Race’ Event to Support MJFF
Alpha Motor Corporation, an electric vehicle company based in Irvine, California, will donate 100% of net proceeds of sales…
FDA Approves Advanced Image Guided Software Program for DBS
Boston Scientific has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Vercise Neural Navigator with…
Nitrase Therapeutics Wins MJFF Grant To Study Possible Biomarker
Nitrase Therapeutics has received a second grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to…
Plant Compound of Pea Family Eases Parkinson-like Symptoms in Mice
Kurarinone, a compound derived from a plant in the pea family and part of traditional Chinese medicine, was found to…
COVID-19 Hurt Emotional Well-being of Caregivers, Survey Shows
According to an online survey, the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the caregivers of patients with Parkinson’s disease, with…
How Nerve Cells Damaged at Disease Onset Goal of EU Project
An almost €2 million (about $2.3 million) EU-funded project is advancing the understanding of how damaged or abnormal cell parts…
Grants Given to 8 ‘Blue Sky’ Research Projects at Emory, Georgia Tech
Eight grants worth a total of $575,000 were awarded by the McCamish Parkinson’s Disease Innovation Program to research teams at…
Way of Protecting Key Neurons in LRRK2-linked Parkinson’s Seen
In mice with a harmful mutation in the leucine-rich repeat protein kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene, one of the most common…
Trial of Microbiota Transplant in Treating Patients Opens in Australia
BiomeBank is launching a trial in Australia to test whether its fecal microbiota transplantation therapy, which works to replenish gut…