Parkinson disease

New triggers for mitophagy – a self-cleaning process in cells – discovered Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Vienna image: Fig. 1: Sascha Martens (left) and Elias Adriaenssens (right). view moreCredit: Max Perutz Labs Autophagy is essentially the ‘rubbish collection’ of our cells. If there are problems in this process, which is so important for our health, diseases […]

by Dennis Thompson edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan A common virus once thought harmless to humans might be linked to Parkinson’s disease, a new study says. The germ, Human Pegivirus (HPgV), was found in half the autopsied brains of patients with Parkinson’s, but not in any brains from healthy people, researchers report in the

Health29 June 2025 ByDavid Nield The kidneys may play a larger role in Parkinson’s disease than we thought. (Mehau Kulyk/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Parkinson’s disease is traditionally associated with neurological damage in the brain, brought on by a drastic drop in dopamine production, but a new study suggests it could get started in an unexpected part of

by Justin Jackson, Phys.org edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan   Graphical abstract. Credit: Nature Chemical Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44286-025-00219-5 A team at the University of California, Los Angeles has developed a low-cost diagnostic pen that converts handwriting into electrical signals for early detection of Parkinson’s disease, achieving 96.22% accuracy in a pilot study. Parkinson’s disease impairs the motor