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MJFF Assists Nitrome Biosciences’ Pursuit of Parkinson’s Therapies

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has awarded Nitrome Biosciences a Target Advancement grant to further the company’s development of therapies targeting Parkinson’s disease. Specifically, the grant will be used to further Nitrome’s biological studies of a new Parkinson’s drug target. The therapies are…

Midbrain Area Measurements Can Be Used to Distinguish Parkinson’s From PSP, Study Says

Midbrain area measurements can be used to distinguish patients with Parkinson’s disease from those with progressive supranuclear palsy, a study finds. The study, “Midbrain area for differentiating Parkinson’s disease from progressive supranuclear palsy,” was published in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the second…