Patient, Research and Industry Leaders Propose Biological Definition and First Biological Staging for Parkinson's Disease
The new research framework stands to accelerate and increase the success of scientific discovery and therapeutic development at all stages of Parkinson's.
- The new research framework stands to accelerate and increase the success of scientific discovery and therapeutic development at all stages of Parkinson's.
- And ultimately, a treatment that targets the biology of the disease — rather than just its symptoms — is the way to reach a cure.
- (A similar biological framework in Alzheimer's disease resulted in successful trials and new drug approvals, with the first drugs to slow Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline appearing in 2022 and 2023.)
- This landmark step forward was made possible by the breakthrough discovery of a test — validated in April 2023 by The Michael J.