Fecal transplant therapy for Parkinson's patients

[Farooqji]

The research group is selecting 48 Parkinson’s patients with abnormal gut bacteria for the study. The participants will either receive a stool transplant from a healthy donor or placebo therapy.

yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/...

[jimcaster]

WinnieThePoo

[Xenos]

I do believe in this one.

Good news to come.

[Hidden]

Interesting that the article states that 30% of cases are genetic. Most sources say closer to 10%. PD cases anticipated to double by 2040. As the number of cases grows the urgency for research will hopefully grow in proportion.

[kevowpd in reply to Hidden]

Id say the number is increasing as more relevant mutations are discovered. Not that long ago that they thought it was closer to zero percent.

[Hidden in reply to kevowpd]

Interesting. The fact that PD is not broken down in to subtypes by now is disappointing. Finally that is at least discussed to some extent. Bio markers is a start but with so many different manifestations, more differentiation is needed.

[AmyLindy in reply to Hidden]

Yeah - I’ve seen 10-15% as a commonly reported statistic for genetic incidence.

[ZebraDoodle]

I’m hoping this similar study will report soon clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show...

[PalmSprings]

Thanks for providing this info! I had intended to look this up and report on this for the group. Cheers!