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Preclinical Study of SLS-004, Potential Parkinson’s Gene Therapy, Starting

Posted on: 3 June 2020, source: Parkinson News
Seelos Therapeutics announced it is beginning, earlier than expected, a preclinical study into its investigational gene therapy candidate for Parkinson’s disease called SLS-004. Nerve cell damage in Parkinson’s is caused by the buildup of toxic forms of the alpha-synuclein protein, and resulting clumps of misfolded proteins known as Lewy bodies. These toxic aggregates damage and eventually kill nerve cells — called dopaminergic neurons — in a region of the brain that regulates muscle movement and coordination.