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Neurodegenerative Diseases

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October 16, 2025 Largest-ever Parkinson’s disease clinical trial opens

LONDON (Oct. 16, 2025) — The world’s largest-ever clinical trial of treatments to slow or stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease has launched, led by…

October 13, 2025 Highlights from Grand Challenges in Parkinson’s Disease 2025

Here at Van Andel Institute, September marks more than the turn of the season: it signifies the return of our annual Grand Challenges in Parkinson’s…

September 15, 2025 Cure Parkinson’s and Van Andel Institute announce Professor Matthew Farrer as winner of the 2025 Tom Isaacs Award

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Sept. 15, 2025) — The annual Tom Isaacs Award, jointly presented by Cure Parkinson’s and Van Andel Institute (VAI), honors…

July 31, 2025 Finding a home in biomedical research

Dr. Agot Aleer didn’t originally envision a future in science. Medical school, a later passion of hers, was not a thought in her mind during…

May 27, 2025 3 questions for ALS expert Dr. Qiang Zhu

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disorder that damages movement-regulating nerve cells (neurons) in the brain and spinal cord. As more of these neurons…

May 13, 2025 A lifelong focus on discovery and curiosity

Dr. Tiara Hinton didn’t realize how much she loved science until she was in high school.

As a child, she wanted to be a physician:…

April 30, 2025 Explainer: What is the endolysosomal pathway?

Our cells create a lot of waste and, just like us, they need a way to get rid of it.

That’s the job of the…

April 28, 2025 Explainer: What is alpha-synuclein?

Alpha-synuclein (α-synuclein) is a protein most known for its involvement in Parkinson’s disease.

We have α-synuclein throughout our tissues, with the highest…