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Dopamine neurons grown in 3D in culture

First in-human clinical trial results show feasibility of new Parkinson cell therapy

09 Jul 2026
Transplanting stem-cell derived dopamine progenitor cells into the brain to treat Parkinson’s disease is feasible, a landmark study has shown. Eight...
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Factory smokestacks emitting smoke against sunset sky

Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s disease

08 Jul 2026
Long-term exposure to certain types of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, Cambridge researchers have found in a...
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illustration of a brain

Damage to brain’s white matter may play key role in neurodegenerative disease, and could be target for future treatments

22 Apr 2026
Damage to white matter in the brain can trigger features associated with neurodegenerative disease, Cambridge researchers have discovered in a new...
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Representative images of two Parkinson's Disease patients stained for alpha-synuclein.

Parkinson’s ‘trigger’ directly observed in human brain tissue for the first time

01 Oct 2025
Scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised and quantified the protein clusters believed to trigger Parkinson’s, marking a major advance...
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Substantia nigra in the human brain, illustration

Cambridge researchers developing brain implants for treating Parkinson’s disease

23 Jan 2025
Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.
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Professor Michele Vendruscolo wearing a white lab coat

AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson’s ten-fold

17 Apr 2024
Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments.
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Intermittent fasting conceptual image, showing a plate of food to represent a clock.

Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation

30 Jan 2024
Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s...
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Corpus callosum, left-right connections, in a Parkinson's brain

Slow-moving shell of water can make Parkinson’s proteins ‘stickier’

15 Nov 2022
Water – which makes up the majority of every cell in the body – plays a key role in how proteins, including those associated with Parkinson’s disease...
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Hands of an elderly man with walking stick

Clinical trial for new stem cell-based treatment for Parkinson’s disease given go ahead

20 Oct 2022
Cambridge researchers will play a key role in clinical trials of a new treatment that involves transplanting healthy nerve cells into the brains of...
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