Cannabis extract may hold key to stop pain in Parkinson's Date 5 March 2020 Cannabis-based compounds could be the silver bullet to relieve pain for people with Parkinson’s according to the largest ever study into pain and the condition.
Potential treatment for dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Date 2 March 2020 Results from a one-year project, funded through the Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech, suggest that NLX-112 has potential as a future treatment for reducing dyskinesia and improving movement symptoms of Parkinson’s.
Initial results from CDNF clinical trial announced Date 26 February 2020 Herantis Pharma has published initial results from a phase 1/2 study of an experimental protective protein called CDNF which may hold potential to slow, stop or reverse Parkinson's.
GDNF: where are we 1 year on? Date 25 February 2020 GDNF clinical trial results in 2019 revealed signs that GDNF may make it possible to repair the cells damaged in people with Parkinson’s. We take a look at where we are 1 year later.
Transparency and your Board of Trustees Date 19 February 2020 Over the next few months we plan to share who we are and what we’re doing for the charity. We hope you’ll get to know us better and we’ll know more about you.
BT13 molecule offers hope for halting Parkinson’s Date 14 February 2020 A promising molecule, called BT13, has offered hope for a new treatment that could stop or slow Parkinson’s, something no treatment can currently do.
Caption Jeremy Vine presents the BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Parkinson's UK. Jeremy Vine presents the BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Parkinson’s UK Date 17 January 2020 On Sunday 19 January, Jeremy Vine presents the BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Parkinson’s UK.
Gut bacteria could guard against Parkinson’s Date 14 January 2020 New research suggests that a bacteria which boosts digestive health can slow – and even reverse – the build-up of a protein associated with Parkinson’s.
Poll finds a quarter of people with Parkinson’s are wrongly diagnosed Date 10 January 2020 In our survey of more than 2,000 people, more than a quarter (26%) reported they were misdiagnosed with a different condition before receiving the correct Parkinson’s diagnosis.
Congratulations to our volunteer award winners Date 19 December 2019 we announce the winners of our first volunteer awards
