Have You Been Diagnosed with Parkinsonโ€™s Disease? ย Do You Know or Care for Someone Who Has?

Have You Been Diagnosed with Parkinsonโ€™s Disease?  Do You Know or Care for Someone Who Has? The goal of...see more the REGENERATE-PD study is to test whether a new gene therapy (AB-1005) is safe and effective for patients with PD. This therapy aims to introduce working GDNF to your brain, which promotes the survival of brain […]

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A New Blood Test Could Identify Parkinsonโ€™s Disease Before Symptoms Appear

An exciting development is underway as a new RNA-based blood test could help diagnose Parkinsonโ€™s disease (PD) prior to...see more the development of motor symptoms. The work, published in Nature Aging, demonstrated a way to target and detect specific sequences contained within transfer RNA (tRNA) for early diagnosis in a simple blood test. This approach will […]

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Joining forces to push for federal research funding

Today in an exciting collaborative effort, three major Parkinsonโ€™s disease (PD) advocacy organizations have joined forces to issue a...see more public statement imploring lawmakers to robustly fund the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the upcoming federal budget in order to keep Parkinsonโ€™s disease (PD) research moving forward as quickly as possible. This important joint statement […]

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American Parkinson Disease Association Welcomes Two Accomplished Leaders to National Board of Directors

New Board Members Bring Deep Expertise in Health Equity, Policy, and Nonprofit Leadership to APDA NEW YORK, NY, JUNE...see more 10, 2025 โ€” The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) is proud to announce the appointment of two distinguished professionals to its National Board of Directors: J. Zoรซ Beckerman, JD, MPH and Adalynn E. Harris, PhD, MPH, […]

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