New Light On The Mechanism Of Parkinson's Disease A significant number of Parkinson's disease patients have a mutation of the enzyme Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein Kinase 2 (LRRK2, also known as dardarin). However, little is understood about how it is regulated or functions... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
New Parkinson's Gene Is Linked To Immune System A hunt throughout the human genome for variants associated with common, late-onset Parkinson's disease has revealed a new genetic link that implicates the immune system and offers new targets for drug development... Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Impax Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In ADVANCE-PD Phase III Trial Of IPX066 In Parkinson's Disease Impax Pharmaceuticals, the brand products division of Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL), announced that it has completed enrollment of its ADVANCE-PD trial. ADVANCE-PD is a multinational Phase III trial of its late-stage product IPX066 in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with motor fluctuations... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Lipid Peroxides, More Sophisticated Than Their Reputation Accumulation of lipid peroxides in the cell are associated with diseases and cellular stress. In the current issue of PNAS researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet show that lipid peroxides also play an important, yet-unrecognized role in the regulation of receptor tyrosine kinases... Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT