Interesting case studies of levodopa efficacy when taking GLP-1 receptor agonists (not what you think); "With the dramatic increase in GLP-1RA consumption..., the impact of GLP-1RA on oral #Parkinsons medications should be studied"
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Not sure what this says about me that I noticed it, but last night the number of papers on the NIH's Pubmed database with the key word "Parkinson's" ticked over the 200,000 milestone:
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Using multimodal measurements, researchers present wearable sensors for monitoring drug pharmacokinetics in patients with #Parkinsons; Wearable sweat sensors for noninvasive monitoring of L-DOPA pharmacokinetics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper explores the North–South asymmetry of #Parkinsons mortality in Brazil between 2009 & 2023, speaking to "socio-economic vulnerabilities & disparities in access to specialized health services"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper reveals "a bacterial translocation axis from the gut to the brain" impacted by diet & genetics"; Mice on a high-fat diet had alterations in gut microbiome & gut permeability; Bacteria in the vagus nerve, but not other tissues
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
New review "examines evidence for cell-autonomous mechanisms linked to mitochondrial, lysosomal, or proteasomal perturbations & for non-cell-autonomous processes arising from glial & peripheral immune cells" in #Parkinsons
www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/fulltext/S0166-2236(26)00027-5
Aspen receives adoption of Sasineprocel as the official nonproprietary naming of their investigational autologous cell therapy, ANPD001, being clinically tested for the treatment of #Parkinsons
aspenneuroscience.com/aspen-receiv...
New clinical trial registered: Integrative Research Laboratories AB has registered a Phase 1b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the safety & tolerability of multiple oral doses of IRL757 in 75 people with #Parkinsons & apathy
clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT074...
New clinical trial registered: Researchers have initiated a Phase 2 study assessing target engagement for Terazosin in 120 people with #Parkinsons (the TZPD2 trial); Up to 1.5 years of treatment period
clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT074...
Interesting: Early-life infection of human cytomegalovirus promoted dysfunctional & pathogenic microglia that drove adult-onset neurodegeneration in the eye & brain, without evident viral reactivation; PLX5622 treatment rescues cortical neuron density
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New research highlights "a critical role of inherited DNA double-strand break repair deficiencies in #Parkinsons etiology & suggest potential avenues for personalized risk prediction & prevention"; n=123 PD patients of Taiwanese ancestry & 492 controls
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Machine learning highlights 3 core genes (CBS, PRKAR2B, & RELA) in a bioinformatics analysis of ferroptosis & lipid metabolism in #Parkinsons; Investigators propose RELA(p65) as a promising diagnostic biomarker & therapeutic target for PD
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Using behavioral screening & machine learning on 24 Drosophila models of familial forms of #Parkinsons, researchers identify clusters that converge on (1) mitochondrial function; (2) retromer/vesicle trafficking and proteostasis/autophagy.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New research provides a comprehensive behavioral & physiological assessments of non-motor & motor symptoms in mice injected with αSyn-PFFs in the duodenum at different time points
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A 5-year longitudinal study of 345 PPMI participants highlights the heterogeneity in early #Parkinsons defined by clinical diagnostic criteria, underscoring the importance of shifting to biologically & functional impairment defined inclusion criteria
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A multi-ancestral investigation of #Parkinsons was conducted to examine the impact of genome-wide homozygosity on disease risk & age at onset (AAO); Results highlight distinct patterns of runs of homozygosity enrichment associated with AAO
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vima Therapeutics announces that the 1st Dystonia patient has been dosed in their Phase 2 study; Plus they announce extension of their Series A to $100 Million to help advance potential first-in-class oral therapy for dystonia & #Parkinsons
vimatx.com/2026/03/11/v...
Genetic analysis of a large-scale population-based Taiwanese cohort highlights both shared & ethnicity-specific #Parkinsons risk loci & identifies PRDM15 as a potential novel contributor to PD dementia
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
New "review explores non-profit funder approaches to reducing technical, policy, & cultural barriers to data interoperability across #Parkinsons & related disorders to improve research data findability, accessibility, interoperability, & reliability"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Using genotyping array data of 661 South African #Parkinsons cases & 737 controls, researchers conduct a polygenic risk score analysis; They highlight how ancestry composition & study design affect risk estimation in diverse populations
journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
A new qualitative study explores cultural & systemic barriers in #Parkinsons diagnosis, treatment, & research participation among Asian Americans; “We have information about Parkinson's in Spanish...We don't have anything in Vietnamese.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Neuropath. & molecular analyses on 47 postmortem substantia nigra samples implicate ferroptosis (& to a lesser extent necroptosis) in #Parkinsons cell death; Researchers propose a “2-hit” model: early synucleinopathy amplified later by a neuromelanin-iron
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Curious: Researchers report that a macrophage ferritin heavy chain—⍺-synuclein regulatory axis modulates ferroptosis during kidney injury; Monomeric SNCA exhibits ferrireductase activity, amplifying redox cycling and promoting ferroptotic cell death
insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
Researchers analysed stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase & monounsaturated fatty acids-enriched lipids in the periphery of patients with #Parkinsons; They found elevated MUFA content in 4 lipid classes & higher SCD levels in PD
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Casma Therapeutics has announced that they have received additional funding support ($7.6M) from the Michael J Fox Foundation to support IND-enabling activities for their first-in-class TRPML1 agonist, CSM-101, targeting lysosomal dysfunction in #Parkinsons
www.casmatx.com/2026/03/10/c...
A new "Delphi consensus provides a set of expert-derived, clinically applicable recommendations to support proactive & individualised management of #Parkinsons"; Supports earlier initiation of adjunctive therapies, guided by the 4-1-0 criteria
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pioneering 1915 film from Spain on movement disorders. such as Parkinsonism, Huntington's disease, & Paradoxical Kinesia
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New viewpoint explores moving beyond the Homunculus with the new research on the “somato-cognitive action network” (SCAN) in #Parkinsons
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New research finds no significant difference in lymphocyte count or neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio between patients with #Parkinsons (vs controls) in an ethnically diverse East London population
www.jns-journal.com/article/S002...
