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Tapeworm medicine may hold clue to new treatments for Parkinson’s

New treatments for Parkinson’s disease could be developed from a molecule found in a medicine used to treat tapeworm infections, a study suggests
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- @Matthew_MckewNS
Posted 09 January 2018 - 15:40
 
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