NUIG team’s grant from Michael J Fox Foundation

A team at NUI Galway has been awarded funding of $300,000 from The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to develop a novel approach to brain repair for the disease.

Parkinson’s is a condition that affects a person’s ability to control movement leading to a progressive deterioration in ability. Brain repair for Parkinson’s involves replacing these dead cells by transplanting healthy brain cells into the brain, but the widespread roll-out of this therapy has been hindered by the poor survival of the implanted cells.