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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 9h
Researchers report that Protein phosphatase 1 H (PPM1H) deficiency significantly⬆️the distance between aSyn & the presynaptic marker Bassoon, indicating displacement of aSyn away from the presynapse; LRRK2 kinase inhibition rescued the phenotype link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 9h
New review provides an overview of mechanisms of lysosomal dysfunction in neurodegenerative conditions, particularly #Parkinsons, #Alzheimers, frontotemporal dementia & amyotrophic lateral sclerosis #ALS www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 10h
New research from @NollenLab & collaborators reports that #Parkinsons-associated α-synuclein progressively alters lipid metabolism in aging C. Elegans; α-syn⬇️overall content of triacylglycerols & disrupts the structure of lipid droplets & mitochondria link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Applications for the @cureparkinsons.org.uk 2027 Research Committee internship programme are now open! Early-career researchers looking for grant evaluation experience, here is your opportunity! It is a one-year role that involves 4 grant review meetings cureparkinsons.org.uk/2026/09/2027...
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Applications for our 2027 research committee internship programme are now open - Cure Parkinson's
We are inviting applications for early-career researchers (ECRs) to join our research grant evaluation committee as part of our annual internship scheme.
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Researchers combine quantifying α2-adrenoceptor availability & neuromelanin-MRI of the locus coeruleus with behavioral olfactory testing in 114 people ranging from normosmic to hyposmic & find weak correlations (after adjustments) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"AbbVie's Cerevel buyout delivers as FDA gives go-ahead to 1st-in-class Juvmo in #Parkinsons" - "The new FDA nod rounds out AbbVie’s broader portfolio by helping patients “through their entire Parkinson’s disease journey”" www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/abbvi...
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AbbVie's Cerevel buyout delivers as FDA gives go-ahead to 1st-in-class Juvmo in Parkinson's disease
Although a clinical setback last year continues to loom in the background, AbbVie’s $8.7 billion bet on Cerevel Therapeutics has paid off with its first approval from the FDA.  | Although a clinical s...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
N-of-1! An investigational study of a novel individualised antisense oligonucleotide drug for CHCHD10-related #ALS shows early signs of efficacy in a 12-month N-of-1 study; Well tolerated, normalised plasma NfL levels & modest clinical improvements www.cell.com/med/abstract...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A new study assessed the sensitivity of key motor smartphone tasks to detect disease progression in individuals with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) & early #Parkinsons; Findings highlight monopitch during reading & slowing turn speed in RBD www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New research examined LRRK2-dependent Rab10 phosphorylation at threonine 73 in blood neutrophils from 181 genetically enriched #Parkinsons patients & 71 controls, identified genetic modifiers of LRRK2 signalling (including NECAP2) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A hypothesis-generating retrospective cohort analysis finds early-life Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination is associated with reduced later-life #Parkinsons incidence, displaying a profound sex-dependent effect favoring females www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/14...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The results of an 18-month longitudinal study exploring long-term clinical efficacy, safety, & polypharmacy simplification of levodopa–entacapone–carbidopa intestinal gel in 41 patients with advanced #Parkinsons has been published www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/15...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"In this review, we propose that neuronal identity should be viewed not as a static marker profile, but as a dynamic multidimensional biological state"; Phenotypic illusion, developmental compression, & spurious cell states proposed as testable hypotheses link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"In this review, we propose that neuronal identity should be viewed not as a static marker profile, but as a dynamic multidimensional biological state"; Phenotypic illusion, developmental compression, & spurious cell states proposed as testable hypotheses link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interesting: Researchers reports that mRNA G-quadruplexes-dependent interactions with the DEAD-box helicase DDX39A decelerates α-Synuclein amyloidogenesis. Interupting interactions between α-Syn & DDX39A⬆️amyloidogenesis, while over-expressing DDX39A⬇️it www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New research identifies FcγRIIb as a critical regulator of α-Syn propagation in vivo & supports receptor-targeted blockade as a mechanistically distinct & therapeutically tractable strategy for modifying disease progression in #Parkinsons link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New study explores experiences of Pacific patients with PINK1-associated #Parkinsons (& their care partners), highlighting Adaptation Struggles (personal, social, cultural & systemic) + Positive Adaptation (normalisation of the illness & support networks) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Researchers designed a novel gene panel comprising 564 loci related to #Parkinsons, repeat expansion disorders, & other neurodegen. conditions, & performed adaptive sampling to jointly interrogate various variants (STXBP2, AP4S1, RARS2, ALS2, & CNBP) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Comparing resting-state functional connectivity in 58 people with mild-to-moderate #Parkinsons scanned in the OFF-medication state & 24 neurotypical older adults revealed patterns of both increased & decreased functional connectivity across key motor areas academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Combination therapies! Ovariectomized female mice lesioned with MPTP (a #Parkinsons model) "showed a loss of striatal dopamine & metabolites content similarly prevented by treatments with raloxifene, progesterone & their combination" www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A phase 2 single center, randomized, double-blind clinical trial testing 21 days of intranasal insulin (or placebo) in 30 participants with #Parkinsons found an acceptable safety profile. Larger study assessing efficacy is required. No hypoglycemia noted www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Using human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex samples from 1,494 donors, researchers generate a single-cell transcriptomic atlas comprising over 6.3 million individual nuclei. Donors include #Alzheimers & #Parkinsons cases ("the PsychAD cohort") www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seed amplification analysis of released a-synuclein strains from #Parkinsons-patient derived neurons (iPD, GBA1 N370S, LRRK2 G2019S & SNCA A53T) reveals genotype-specific cellular responses differentially shape the structural properties of released α-syn www.frontiersin.org/journals/agi...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Results of a 1-year randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study of oral N-acetylcysteine (2x daily) or placebo in 42 people with #Parkinsons have been published. A smaller increase in total UPDRS & a smaller decline in striatal TRODAT binding vs placebo link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine in Parkinson’s disease patients: a pilot study - Metabolic Brain Disease
This pilot trial evaluated the one-year tolerability of oral N-acetylcysteine (NAC) 1200 mg/day in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and explored associations with clinical progression, levodopa dose, and stri...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A retrospective case-control analysis of Type 1 Gaucher disease patients within a single academic clinic from 2010 to 2020 finds considerable variability in GD- #Parkinsons among GD1 individuals & suggest that GD1 patients may have⬆️risk of GD-PD<age of 50 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Analysing 5.3M adults in the Korean National Health Insurance Database (2010–2019), researchers find that long-term exposure to PM2.5 & O3 was associated with a small but statistically signif. increase in #Parkinsons incidence in older adults movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Results of the REPOSE study have been published. A 1-year pilot phase 2a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of intravenous pluripotent adipose-derived stem cells in 40 people with #Parkinson’s. Repeated IV administration is safe & feasible journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Cure Parkinson's @cureparkinsons.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Missed our Parkinson’s and dementia webinar? You can now catch up with the recording, featuring Edinburgh University’s Professor Tilo Kunath and an expert panel discussing the relationship between Parkinson’s and dementia. Watch now: buff.ly/0G5VXkR
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Plasma samples (n = 504) analysed using SomaScan, finds lysosomal expression scores discriminate #Parkinsons from controls & associated with disease severity. SUMF1 & ARRDC3 emerged as blood-based biomarkers for PD movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Metavallon backs #Parkinsons biotech Anacalypsis to help finance the advancement of AT001, a LRRK2–FADD interaction disruptor, which is being developed for #Parkinsons www.biospace.com/press-releas...
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Anacalypsis Therapeutics Raises Pre-Seed Financing Led by Metavallon VC to Advance a First-in-Class Therapeutic Strategy for Parkinson’s Disease
Athens-based biotech will use the financing to advance AT001, its lead therapeutic program targeting the LRRK2–FADD interaction, through a key in vivo efficacy study.
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New review summarizes the current understanding of the biological mechanisms linking GBA1 to #Parkinsons, including both loss-of-function & gain-of-function hypotheses; Also clinical & translational advances academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The results of the PARKEX study have been published. This was a trial exploring the effects of basic &dual-task training programs on physical function in #Parkinsons journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cognition endpoints for #Parkinsons: Researchers provide a roadmap for developing patient-focused assessment tools to accelerate drug development journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Researchers present BenSParX: A robust explainable machine learning framework for #Parkinsons detection from Bengali conversational speech www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Researchers introduces "Importance Inversion Transfer" - an explainable machine learning framework designed to identify neuroanatomical invariants across the neurodegenerative spectrum. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Researchers conduct a non-invasive biomarker study on urine-derived (?) neuronal extracellular vesicles using α-synuclein seed amplification assay; They report high specificity and moderate sensitivity for synucleinopathies movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Urine‐Derived Neuronal Extracellular Vesicle <fc><fi>α</fi></fc>‐Synuclein Seed Amplification Assay for Synucleinopathies: A Non‐Invasive Biomarker Study
Background α-Synuclein aggregation is a pathological hallmark of synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Although pathogenic α-synuclein seeds can be.....
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AstronauTx has been awarded funding from the Michael J Fox Foundation & @parkinsons.org.uk to explore sleep-based approaches for #Parkinsons astronautx.bio/astronautx-a...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Biology-first AI drug discovery company, Lunai Bioworks announces an exclusive worldwide license & collaboration agreement with Tanaist that adds human cellular phenotyping to their #Parkinsons platform ir.lunaibioworks.com/news/news-de...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An emulated target trial in UK electronic health records finds UDCA treatment is associated with a lower risk in #Parkinsons (17,295 UDCA initiators to 51,885 non-initiators over 15-year time frame) movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Real world data from the PROSPECT observational study (24-months & 229 #Parkisnons cases) suggests "device-aided therapy initiation was associated with improved motor symptoms, while those who remained on oral medications showed no meaningful change" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Impact of Uncontrolled Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson’s Disease: Real-World Insights from the PROSPECT Observational Study - Advances in Therapy
Introduction Limited real-world data exist around the long-term impact of uncontrolled motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease (PD). With this first-ever, prospective, observational study, we sought...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Researchers at Aspen Neuroscience & collaborators present reproducible genomic & transcriptomic qualification of patient-derived dopaminergic neuron precursor cells; Also preclinical manufacturing strategy, 9-month GLP tox data, & efficacy in a #Parkinsons model www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Interesting perspective on the pros & cons of adaptive deep brain stimulation for people with #Parkinsons; "The broader issue this raises is the field’s over-reliance on the beta signal as the sole proxy for disease" tmrwedition.com/2026/09/12/t...
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The Pros and Cons of Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation (aDBS)
Explore the pros and cons of Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation, highlighting patient control issues and potential for better real-world data integration.
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Researchers report that membrane-bound long isoform-Catechol-O-methyltransferase depletion leads to⬆️oxidative stress, as indicated by elevated ROS levels & oxidative damage, both of which are hallmarks of various neurodegen. & neuropsychiatric diseases www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Fall 2025 #Alzheimers Association Research Roundtable brought together academic, clinical, & industry leaders to discuss the advances in the heterogeneity & co-pathologies & their implications for dx, trial design, & precision strategies alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Collectively, these advances are expanding therapeutic options & shaping the future management of #Parkinsons"; A new review on emerging therapies for PD www.prd-journal.com/article/S135...
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Emerging therapies expected to make a difference in Parkinson's disease management
Recent advances in Parkinson's disease (PD) therapeutics have generated new opportunities for both symptomatic and disease-modifying treatments. This review discusses four therapeutic approaches that ...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A 12-month trial (n=116) of oral administration of DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP; 200 mg thrice daily) was "safe & generally well tolerated", & showed preliminary evidence of clinical benefit in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Efficacy and Safety of <fc>DL</fc>‐3‐<i>n</i>‐Butylphthalide in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3
Background Preclinical studies have suggested that DL-3-n-butylphthalide (NBP) may exhibit neuroprotective effects in neurodegenerative diseases; however, no human trial has evaluated NBP in spinoce...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Brain compensation & reserve are 2 key components of resilience that together shape clinical heterogeneity in #Parkinsons, across motor & cog. domains. Altho. they operate at diff. time scales & thru distinct mechanisms, they remain intrinsically related" academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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Resilience mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease: a domain-specific conceptual framework
Ruppert-Junck et al. review how compensation and reserve—two components of resilience—help the brain to mitigate the effects of dopaminergic loss in Parkin
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New review examines existing definitions for disease modification in #Parkinsons, & highlights the need for a more holistic approach that integrates the perspectives of patients, healthcare professionals, & researchers journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New paper reports evidence for the preservation of short-term heart rate variability following 40 mg of atomoxetine in people with #Parkinsons; Replication in a larger sample with longer-duration ECG recordings required academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New review "describes the frequency of protein co-pathologies across neurodegenerative diseases & preclinical work demonstrating pathological protein synergies that exacerbate protein aggregation & toxicity" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The Science of Parkinson's @scienceofpd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Palomar Labs announces the spin out of Ariadne Bio to target apathy in #Parkinsons with Phase 1b testing of AB-300 (a non-hallucinogenic serotonin 2A receptor agonist) expected to begin in the second half of 2026 www.biospace.com/press-releas...
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