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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World Parkinson’s Day
April marks World Parkinson’s Awareness Month to highlight the condition that affects some seven to 10 million people globally. At the centre of this month is World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April.
iLCT provides template for drug repurposing in other conditions
The International Linked Clinical Trials programme (iLCT) is one of the largest drug repurposing initiatives in medical research. A recent review article provides an overview of the history, structure and progress of this successful programme.
Van Andel Institute: Virtual public lecture series
This informative event featured presentations and a Q&A session with international Parkinson’s disease experts including Cure Parkinson’s Director of Research, Dr Richard Wyse and Deputy Director of Research, Dr Simon Stott.
A skin test for Parkinson’s
Researchers have been investigating a waxy substance on our skin (called sebum) as a possible way of determining who does or does not have Parkinson’s.
What is GDNF without RET?
Neurotrophic factors – like Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (or GDNF) – hold great hope for regenerative therapy in Parkinson’s research. New research, however, indicates that simply injecting the protein into the brain may not be enough. Scientists at Rush University Medical Center (in Chicago) conducted a postmortem analysis of brains […]