20 years of Cure Parkinson's
We’re here for the cure! This year marks 20 years since Cure Parkinson’s was founded by four people living with Parkinson’s who felt that nobody was taking a cure seriously enough and that there was an urgent need for a focused approach to curative research...
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2021 Gulls’ Eggs Luncheon raises over £60k for Parkinson’s research
On Tuesday 28 September, over 300 of the City’s leading wealth management professionals gathered in the historic Drapers Hall on London’s Throgmorton Avenue for the 33rd annual Gulls’ Eggs Luncheon, raising over £60,000 for Parkinson’s research. After over a year of virtual events, the Gulls’…
Our virtual Rallying to The Challenge Meeting – ‘When and How Does Parkinson’s Begin?’
For the first time, this year’s meeting for people with Parkinson’s, was held online and focussed on the origins and development of Parkinson’s, including triggers, early symptoms and stages of the disease. From 24 -25 September, Cure Parkinson’s and Van Andel Institute (VAI) were thrilled…
Results from the Inosine SURE-PD clinical trial
The results of a large clinical trial, of 300 individuals, of the dietary supplement ‘inosine’ have shown that the treatment had no effect on slowing the progression of Parkinson’s. Inosine elevates levels of urate in the body. Urate is a naturally produced antioxidant that circulates…
Neurotrophic Factor GDF5 – an alternative to GDNF?
Neurotrophic factors are small protein that are naturally produced in the brain to help nurture and protect nerve cells (neurons). Cure Parkinson’s is a strong supporter of research exploring neurotrophic factors as a future therapeutic strategy for Parkinson’s.