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Five Reasons for Hope (Johns Hopkins)

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/parkinsons-disease/parkinsons-disease-5-reasons-for-hope

Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nasal spray for Parkinson’s disease treatment. (Health Europa Quarterly)

Researchers from the University of York have developed a new gel that can adhere to tissue inside the nose alongside the drug levodopa, helping deliver Parkinson’s disease treatment directly to the brain. The researchers created a gel, loaded with levodopa, that could flow into the nose as a liquid and then rapidly change to a thin layer of gel inside the nose. The method was tested in animal models by a team at King’s College London, where levodopa was successfully released from the gel into the blood and directly to the brain. Professor Smith said: “The results indicated that the gel gave the drug better adhesion inside the nose, which allowed for better levels of uptake into both the blood and brain.”

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