00:00Could an FDA-approved Parkinson's treatment already exist? New findings suggest so.
00:07Parkinson's remains an incurable neurodegenerative disease.
00:11Typical symptoms include speech, balance, and motor challenges.
00:16Advanced stages worsen these issues, but it's possible that an existing FDA-approved treatment could alter this outlook.
00:24According to a research team, amyloid precursor, like protein 1, a surface protein on brain cells, could spread the material causing Parkinson's.
00:33A cancer drug targeting lymphocyte activation gene 3 was found to inhibit this process, suggesting an existing potential Parkinson's treatment.
00:43Xiaobo Mao, a neuroscientist from Johns Hopkins University, stated,
00:47Now that we know how APLP1 and LAG3 interact, drugs targeting this could significantly slow Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases' progression.
00:59The majority of Parkinson's symptoms arise from a loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra.
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