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Coya adds Parkinson’s as disease target for ALS therapy COYA 302

Coya Therapeutics is expanding the pipeline for its COYA 302 immunotherapy, adding two neurodegenerative disorders — frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Parkinson’s disease — as targets for the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment candidate. Brain inflammation is known to drive Parkinson’s — and is a mechanism shared…

RAZ Memory Cell Phone helps people with impaired speech

The RAZ Memory Cell Phone will allow people with impaired speech, including those with Parkinson’s disease, to speak using their own voice during video phone calls and be fully understood. The speech recognition technology was developed by Voiceitt, a voice AI and machine learning company, in partnership…

Brain imaging method may aid mild traumatic brain injury diagnosis

A new brain imaging method may help diagnose mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), which according to some studies can be associated with a 50% higher risk of developing Parkinson’s. Available methods, like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), leave most cases of mTBI, or concussions, undiagnosed. They occur when a physical…

AbbVie launches Produodopa for advanced Parkinson’s in EU

Produodopa (foslevodopa/foscarbidopa), AbbVie‘s continuous under-the-skin (subcutaneous) infusion formulation of levodopa/carbidopa, now is available in the European Union (EU) for advanced Parkinson’s disease patients whose severe motor fluctuations and involuntary movements are not controlled well with standard therapies. AbbVie initially was granted marketing authorization for Produodopa — also known…

FDA approves new DBS device from Medtronic

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Medtronic‘s Percept RC deep brain stimulation (DBS) system, clearing it for use to treat Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. DBS is a surgical procedure in which an electrode is implanted in the brain to provide electrical stimulation…

Implantable device gives electrical stimulation without battery

Scientists have created an implantable device that can provide electrical stimulation in the body without need for a battery. The new technology, which is powered by ultrasound, may serve as a useful platform to develop next-generation implantable devices to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease. The team described its…