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October 4, 2017

AC Immune Obtaining More Fox Foundation Funding to Continue Developing PET Tracers for Diagnosing Parkinson’s

AC Immune is receiving additional funding from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to continue developing positron emission tomography (PET) tracers for alpha-synuclein, a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease. The ... Read more

October 3, 2017October 3, 2017

Sex, Age, and Lower Cognitive Scores Among Factors That Predict Weight Loss in Parkinson’s, Study Reports

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Weight loss is common in Parkinson’s disease and can affect quality of life. A study has identified factors that can predict weight loss in patients who are in the early stages ... Read more

October 2, 2017

Herantis Pharma Is Recruiting Patients for Clinical Trial of CDNF as Parkinson’s Treatment

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Herantis Pharma has started the first clinical trial of cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF) as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease. The first patient in the Phase 1/2 clinical trial ... Read more

September 29, 2017

Diabetes Drug Lowered Parkinson’s Disease Risk Significantly, Study Finds

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People with diabetes who use a group of drugs called glitazones are 28 percent less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, report researchers from the University of Bergen (UiB) in ... Read more

September 28, 2017

Medical History Could Help Predict Parkinson’s Disease Risk Long Before Diagnosis

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Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis developed a new computational method that can help predict if a patient will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s ... Read more

September 27, 2017September 27, 2017

Parkinson’s Researchers Identify Mechanism Involved in Memory Degeneration

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The abnormal alpha-synuclein characteristic of Parkinson’s disease interacts with the prion protein PrP, initiating a series of events that culminate in neuronal degeneration and cognitive impairment, a European study found. ... Read more

September 26, 2017

Sleep Disturbances May Worsen Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease, Study Suggests

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Researchers reported a significant relationship between sleep disturbances in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients and their disease-related disability, including tremors, impaired posture, and slowed movement. Also, excessive daytime sleepiness and REM ... Read more

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017

Doctors Should Ensure that PD Patients Adhere to Antidepressants, Study Suggests

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Poor adherence to antidepressants is correlated with an increase in all-cause mortality in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), a new study suggests. Based on the findings, the study’s authors ... Read more

September 22, 2017

Changes in Olfactory Bulb Explain Loss of Smell in Early Stages of Parkinson’s Disease, Study Finds

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The olfactory bulb is significantly smaller in Parkinson’s disease patients compared to healthy individuals, a new study found, providing an anatomical explanation for the loss of the sense of smell in the ... Read more

September 21, 2017

Parkinson’s Protein Alpha-Synuclein Blocks Brain Growth Factor, Research Finds

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Recent research shows that the Parkinson’s disease (PD) protein, alpha-synuclein, blocks pro-survival signals from an important brain growth factor. These findings provide new reasons why neurons degenerate and are lost ... Read more