I returned home from the Parkinson’s Policy Forum in Washington, D.C., feeling two things at once: encouraged and unsettled. I felt encouraged because I was surrounded by passionate, committed people — advocates, care partners, researchers, clinicians, and people living with Parkinson’s disease — all working or change. I…
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Some of the moments that stay with me the most aren’t the big, expected ones. They’re the moments that caught me off guard, when everything felt a little tense, a little uncertain, and then somehow turned into something I ended up laughing about later. One evening, after spending the day…
Scientists have developed an experimental gene therapy with the potential to treat early-onset Parkinson’s disease associated with PRKN gene mutations, according to a new preclinical study. Delivery of the gene therapy carrying a functional version of the PRKN gene into the brains of two mouse…
Biological changes associated with Parkinson’s disease, including newly identified changes in a signaling network linked to neuroinflammation, or brain inflammation, may begin up to 12 years before diagnosis. That’s according to data from a proof-of-concept study of Grifols’ Chronos-PD research initiative, which aims to identify biomarkers that…
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I recently started seeing a new neurologist after the doctor I’ve had since my Parkinson’s diagnosis moved out of state. This has been a big deal for me; I even devoted a column to how much I’ll miss her. I loved my doc. She saw me through 12-plus…
GT-02287, an oral Parkinson’s disease therapy from Gain Therapeutics, showed promising results in a Phase 1b trial. Over three months of treatment, patients had lower levels of DOPA decarboxylase (DDC) in their cerebrospinal fluid — a biomarker linked to Parkinson’s activity. Motor function remained stable over five months of treatment.
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