I remember my very first computer. It was 1978 (no old guy jokes now)… I was just finishing up college, and I had a few ‘leftover‘ scholarship bucks to spend (most unusual for a poor college student – long story). For quite a while I had been looking at (and drooling over) a newer style computer called the Commodore PET ...
Aspen Neuroscience has opened a manufacturing facility for ANPD001, its investigational stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease being used in an ongoing Phase 1/2a clinical trial. The 22,000-square-foot facility is [...]
Changes in the levels of thyroid hormones in the bloodstream are related to cognitive impairments in people with Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study by researchers in China. “Our [...]
Exposure to air pollutants, such as fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, may increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease and dyskinesia, or involuntary movements, according to a study using [...]
GT-02287, a potential therapy for Parkinson’s disease, showed promising results in a Phase 1 clinical trial involving healthy volunteers, according to data announced by developer Gain Therapeutics. The investigational treatment was [...]
Note: This story was updated Oct. 7, 2024, to correct references to the open-label extension study of the BounDNless trial. A year of treatment with ND0612, an investigational liquid formulation [...]
Genetic variants found in the DNA of mitochondria, the cell compartments that produce energy, were associated with the severity of Gulf War Illness (GWI), a chronic condition seen in Gulf [...]
A research team has revealed that a molecule in the brain -- ophthalmic acid -- unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new [...]
Parkinson's disease, a debilitating nervous system disorder, is treated with medications that sometimes cause impaired decision-making and poor impulse control. Now, researchers have identified a structure in the brain called [...]
A class of drugs for diabetes may be associated with a lower risk of dementia and Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. [...]
A research team has developed an analysis pipeline to identify unexploited genes for a given disease against five databases that provide gene-disease associations. They used their pipeline to study oxidative [...]
A finding by neuroscientists could open doors to new treatments for a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders attributed to dysfunctions in specific dopamine pathways. [...]
Contrary to previous research, a new study of female participants finds no link between migraine and the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. [...]
An enzyme called PGK1 has an unexpectedly critical role in the production of chemical energy in brain cells, according to a preclinical study. The investigators found that boosting its activity [...]
