Parkinson’s Mice Show Gains From Exercise, Cholesterol Medication

Regular treadmill exercise significantly reduced the aggregation and spread of alpha-synuclein in the brain — a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease — prevented neurodegeneration, and lessened motor deficits in a mouse model of Parkinson’s, a study showed. These benefits were found to be associated with the activation of a receptor…

Valted Seq Acquires Rights to Develop Biomarker Assays

D&D Pharmatech’s new subsidiary, Valted Seq, announced it has acquired exclusive rights from Johns Hopkins University to develop multiple biomarker assays for the evaluation and management of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s. “There are currently no clinically accepted biomarker assays available for Parkinson’s disease. An assay capable of…