University of Colorado Researchers Study Promising Parkinson’s Drug, Yield Encouraging Results

Colorado researchers have discovered a drug that stops the progression of Parkinson's disease in mice and is now being tested on humans.

The research team found that the drug phenylbutyrate turns on the DJ-1 gene, which can protect dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease. They found that phenylbutyrate works on DJ-1 in a way similar to how steroids act on genes in muscle cells to create muscle bulk.

Researchers plan to study phenylbutyrate further and hope to expand the study to hundreds of people over several years.

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