Measuring Parkinson’s in the blood

Project summary

Therapies which can slow or stop Parkinson’s disease are currently being developed. To use these therapies as effectively as possible, it is necessary to start treating long before symptoms develop. We therefore need a blood test to establish and track Parkinson’s disease over time. In this project, I will develop such a test based on cell-free DNA in the blood. This cell-free DNA contains a unique bar code from the degenerated mother cell which can be used to measure the pattern of cell damage in PD over time.

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