Neural microtissues derived from pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can replace dopaminergic neurons, the nerve cells that are lost in Parkinson’s disease, and restore motor function when grown into tiny capsules and transplanted into the brains of model rats, a study led by TreeFrog Therapeutics found. “TreeFrog Therapeutics has…
Booster Therapeutics announced its launch and the start of work into therapeutics that improve the body’s ability to clear itself of the defective, disease-causing proteins that drive Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. The company, which is based in Berlin and whose opening was supported by $15 million…
Amprion said it has raised the initial $6 million of a $15 million financing deal that will help develop and commercialize SAAmplify, its diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions linked to the formation of toxic clumps by the protein alpha-synuclein. The test, SAAmplify, was…
Both a misfolded form of the alpha-synuclein protein and an inflammatory cue are needed to trigger the Lewy bodies that drive the death of dopaminergic neurons in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease, according to a study in human stem cells. “The results support previous research showing that…
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has awarded a second research grant of $2.5 million to Selonterra to advance the California-based company’s preclinical development of new therapeutic compounds targeting the genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease. Selonterra specifically will be testing whether compounds that…
New U.S. Department of Defense-funded research at Binghamton University in New York is investigating the underlying causes of neuropsychiatric symptoms — those that result from medical conditions involving both neurologic and psychiatric components — in people with Parkinson’s disease. The four-year grant, totaling $3 million, is shared between Binghamton,…
The Centre for Medicines Discovery at the University of Oxford and BPGbio, an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused biopharmaceutical company, established a five-year research collaboration that aims to advance new technologies for treatments for people with brain diseases like Parkinson’s who have limited options. Together the partners will validate and…
Gain Therapeutics has presented new preclinical data showing GT-02287, its experimental therapy for Parkinson’s disease, can slow disease progression in mouse and cellular models of the disease. Overall, the treatment was shown to improve motor function and coordination, and activities of daily living in mouse models of Parkinson’s…
A single dose of CAP-003, a gene therapy being developed by Capsida Biotherapeutic, significantly increased the levels of GCase enzyme in the brains of non-human primates. The enzyme levels reached up to eight times the amount considered necessary to restore normal enzyme activity in individuals with Parkinson’s disease…
Researchers at New York University (NYU) Langone Health were awarded a two-year, $1.6 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate eye changes as potential early signs and progression markers of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. The grant, given under the NIH Common Fund Venture Program’s…
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