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Tasigna (nilotinib), an approved leukemia medication being tested as a repurposed treatment for Parkinson’s disease, was found to be safe and increased the levels of dopamine in the brain of patients with Parkinson’s disease, a Phase 2 trial shows. The findings were reported in a study, “Nilotinib…

Gosuranemab failed to meet its primary and key secondary goals in a Phase 2 study evaluating its use in treating progressive supranuclear palsy, an atypical parkinsonian disorder, its developer, Biogen, has announced. Based on these results, Biogen will cease the clinical development of gosuranemab for this and other neurodegenerative diseases…

Antibodies that selectively target the misfolded form of the alpha-synuclein protein — that which underlies the development of Parkinson’s disease — reduced the formation of alpha-synuclein clumps and improved dopamine levels in a mouse model.  The study with that finding also provided a framework for screening…

A new method allows researchers to develop adeno-associated virus (AVV) — commonly used as the vehicle for gene therapies — that accurately target and deliver genes to specific cells in the body. This new technology may be suitable to target dopaminergic neurons that are damaged in Parkinson’s disease. “We…

Sprint running is a safe and feasible form of physical exercise for people with mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease. That is the conclusion reached in the study, “Sprint exercise for subjects with mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease: Feasibility and biomechanical outputs,” was published in Clinical Biomechanics. Physical exercise has been…

In Parkinson’s patients, the risk of falls increases depending on disease duration and having the postural instability/gait disturbance (PIDG) subtype, but is not signficantly correlated with non-motor symptoms, a study suggests. The study, titled “Falls in persons with Parkinson’s disease: Do non-motor symptoms matter as much…

Interactive sessions, including games that are intended to help elderly Parkinson’s patients learn strategies to avoid falling, are well-received, a small Brazilian study suggests. The study, “Gerontotechnology for fall prevention of the elderly with Parkinson,” was published recently in Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem.  Falling is a major…

Aspen Neuroscience, a new biotech company, has raised $6.5 million to develop cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease using patients’ own cells. The company was co-founded by renowned stem cell scientists Jeanne F. Loring, PhD, and Andres Bratt-Leal, PhD, and initially supported by Summit for Stem Cell, a…

Drinking coffee regularly may help reduce the risk of neurodegenerative diseases — including Parkinson’s disease — particularly in men, according to a new report from the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC). With the substantial improvements in medical care, health, and quality of life over the…

Not everyone’s brain connections map at exactly the same location, which may explain why deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy, used for severe cases of Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions, works for some patients and not for others, a study has found. The findings,”Integrative and Network-Specific Connectivity of the…