Levodopa-making tomatoes could provide an affordable medication for Parkinson's symptoms Date 11 December 2020
Drug for dyskinesia approved for phase 2 trials Date 12 March 2019 A potential drug for dyskinesia has reached an important milestone and can now go forward into clinical trials.
Caption Christine Proctor - participant in the GDNF trial GDNF clinical trial offers hope for restoring brain cells damaged in Parkinson’s Date 27 February 2019 The pioneering GDNF clinical trials programme delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain. The trial results offer hope that it may be possible to restore the cells damaged in Parkinson’s.
Open publishing platform launched to share research results Date 20 February 2019 Parkinson's UK is 1 of 24 members of the Association of Medical Research Charities that have worked in collaboration to develop and launch a new open publication platform – AMRC Open Research.
New trial to test if a probiotic drink could improve symptoms Date 11 February 2019 Researchers at King’s College London are starting a world-first clinical trial to test if a probiotic drink could help with motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's.
GDNF trial complete and results are on the way Date 4 February 2019 The groundbreaking clinical trial of GDNF, a potential treatment for Parkinson's, is now complete. Analysis of the results is now well underway and is expected to be published in February 2019.
Insight Into Parkinson's summit 2019 Date 4 February 2019 Parkinson's UK announces partnership with the Insight Into Parkinson's summit 2019.
New research on levodopa's influence on Parkinson's progression Date 30 January 2019 A clinical trial has produced further evidence that there is no benefit of delaying levodopa therapy.
Steps towards new drugs to improve symptoms and slow Parkinson’s Date 30 January 2019 We’re investing a further £1.5million to advance pioneering drug discovery work to develop new molecules that can both improve symptoms and slow progression.
Scientists use gene editing to create 'tougher' stem cells Date 20 December 2018 Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have used cutting-edge gene-editing techniques to create stem cells that are resistant to developing Parkinson’s.
We're changing the way we review our project grant applications Date 18 December 2018 We're streamlining and speeding up our project grant review process.
