It Looks Like Drug Developers Will Start Using 23andMe Data to Create New Therapies

According to a story from pcmag.com, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has recently partnered with 23andMe as part of a four year long agreement that will grant the company exclusive…

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ICYMI: Recruitment Has Begun For a Phase I Clinical Trial of A Drug Designed to Treat Parkinsonian Diseases
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ICYMI: Recruitment Has Begun For a Phase I Clinical Trial of A Drug Designed to Treat Parkinsonian Diseases

Prana Biotechnology has announced that it has begun recruiting healthy volunteers for its Phase I clinical trial of the experimental drug PBT434. The drug is thought to affect processes linked…

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The First Patient Has Been Dosed in the Third Cohort of a Phase I Trial For a Potential Parkinson’s Disease Treatment
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The First Patient Has Been Dosed in the Third Cohort of a Phase I Trial For a Potential Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

The first patient has undergone stem cell transplant treatment in the third cohort of a Phase I clinical study of the experimental treatment ISC-hpNSC for Parkinson’s disease. The full article can…

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Phase 1 Trial Set to Begin For Experimental Therapy For Multiple System Atrophy and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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Phase 1 Trial Set to Begin For Experimental Therapy For Multiple System Atrophy and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

According to a story from businesswire.com, the company Prana Biotechnology Ltd recently announced that it is beginning the recruitment process for its Phase 1 clinical trial of its investigational product…

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Man is Scammed for Unsuccessful Stem Cell Transplant for Lung Disease
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Man is Scammed for Unsuccessful Stem Cell Transplant for Lung Disease

New research is showing that patients sometimes use crowdfund websites to pay for fake stem cell transplants and other dubious medical procedures, according to a story from medicalxpress.com. Crowdfunding websites…

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Anavex Plans to Trial its Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, and Researchers are Hopeful that it Could Also Benefit Other Diseases
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Anavex Plans to Trial its Treatment For Parkinson’s Disease Dementia, and Researchers are Hopeful that it Could Also Benefit Other Diseases

A drug called Anavex 2-73 being developed to treat Parkinson’s disease dementia is planned to undergo testing in a Phase 2 clinical trial, reports Globe Newswire. Parkinson’s disease is a…

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Recent Surveys Show What Patients Really Think About Their Standard of Care
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Recent Surveys Show What Patients Really Think About Their Standard of Care

An organisation called PatientsLikeMe that helps to represent patients to governments and pharmaceutical companies has published a press release about the results of two recent studies designed to define and…

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Simple Bedside Test May Help Doctors Diagnose Certain Degenerative Brain Diseases
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Simple Bedside Test May Help Doctors Diagnose Certain Degenerative Brain Diseases

Neurologists working at the NYU School of Medicine have developed a test that can identify some rare degenerative brain diseases, reports NYU Langone Health. Published in the Annals of Neurology…

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Parkinson’s Disease Advocates Will Converge in DC For The Parkinson’s Policy Forum
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Parkinson’s Disease Advocates Will Converge in DC For The Parkinson’s Policy Forum

According to a story from markets.financialcontent.com, approximately 300 Parkinson's disease advocates and disease experts are slated to meet in Washington, DC for the Parkinson's Policy Forum. This year, the event…

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A Drug That Can Mimic Exercise May Be Closer Than You Thought
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A Drug That Can Mimic Exercise May Be Closer Than You Thought

Scientists in California at Salk Institute for Biological Studies are currently developing a drug that can mimic the effects in the body usually obtained from exercise, reports the National Post.…

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A Unique Experimental Treatment Just Got Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington’s Disease
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A Unique Experimental Treatment Just Got Orphan Drug Designation for Huntington’s Disease

According to a story from Morningstar, the pharmaceutical company Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals announced that its drug candidate EHP-102 was given Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S Food and Drug Administration…

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Can an App Play Doctor? The Surprising Answer for Hydrocephalus and Parkinson’s
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Can an App Play Doctor? The Surprising Answer for Hydrocephalus and Parkinson’s

A breakthrough app won the Henry Ford Health System’s first artificial intelligence challenge. A team from Israel developed the app to assist in monitoring conditions such as Parkinson’s and hydrocephalus.…

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Isn’t Helping Treat Depression Associated With Parkinson’s
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Isn’t Helping Treat Depression Associated With Parkinson’s

According to an article from Parkinson's News Today, a recent analysis testing transcranial magnetic stimulation demonstrated that the procedure was not effective in treating the depression that is a common…

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