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badboy99 07-29-2016 02:40 PM

Why brain neurons in Parkinson's disease stop benefiting from levodopa
 
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0728143608.htm

badboy99 07-29-2016 02:41 PM

Modulating global DNA methylation -- either by injecting methionine to increase methylation or applying RG-108, an inhibitor of methylation, to the striatum -- modified the dyskinetic behavior of LID, down or up, respectively.

badboy99 08-11-2016 09:03 AM

Methionine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

jeffreyn 08-12-2016 02:10 AM

Still a long way to go
 
The article from ScienceDaily says:

"The treatments we have used here, methionine supplementation or RG-108, are not practical for human use; but they point to the opportunity to develop methylation-based epigenetic therapeutics in Parkinson's disease."

The message I get from the article is that a new research direction has been established in the battle with LID, but it will be quite a few years before PwPs can expect a new drug to become available (if ever).


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