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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Farnesol: The farnesylator of PARIS
A build up of “PARkin Interacting Substrate” (or PARIS) protein has been proposed as one potential mediator of the pathology observed in some cases of Parkinson’s. The accumulation of this protein leads to the inhibition of a key protein called PGC-1α, which is a neuroprotective protein that helps to keep cells […]
The Henley Mermaids take on the Bristol Channel
On 20 July, Laura Reineke, Jo Robb, Fiona Print, Susan Barry and Joan Fennelly, otherwise known as the Henley Mermaids, swam 61km across the Bristol Channel in support of Cure Parkinson’s and three other charities dedicated to neurological conditions. The Henley Mermaids are a group…
The Bluerockers have started
On the 8th June, BlueRock Therapeutics put out a press release announcing that the first participant in their Phase I clinical trial of cell transplantation for Parkinson’s had been dosed (Click here to read the press release). The initiation of this clinical trial by the company is a major step forward […]
Daisy Doyle plants 50 oak trees for Parkinson’s research
Last Autumn, 11 year old Daisy Doyle, granddaughter of Cure Parkinson’s co-founder Air Vice Marshal Michael Dicken and Patron Jenny Dicken, planted 50 oak trees on her family farm in Umberleigh, Devon in support of our research into a cure for Parkinson’s. Daisy chose to…
Cure Parkinson’s Raid Local 2021
On Sunday 27 June over 300 Cure Parkinson’s supporters from across the world jumped in the saddle to take on the charity’s Raid Local 2021: Ventoux! cycling challenge, raising awareness and over £53,000 for Parkinson’s research.