Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease therapies in the clinic

P Chopade, N Chopade, Z Zhao… - Bioengineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the most prevalent
neurodegenerative diseases, affecting millions and costing billions each year in the United …

An updated review of SARS‐CoV‐2 detection methods in the context of a novel coronavirus pandemic

Y Zhang, Z Huang, J Zhu, C Li, Z Fang… - Bioengineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The World Health Organization has reported approximately 430 million confirmed
cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory …

Strategies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease: beyond dopamine

A Iarkov, GE Barreto, JA Grizzell… - Frontiers in aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-leading cause of dementia and is characterized by a
progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra alongside the presence of …

CRISPR/Cas9 assisted stem cell therapy in Parkinson's disease

P Pinjala, KP Tryphena, R Prasad, DK Khatri… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Springer
Since its discovery in 2012, CRISPR Cas9 has been tried as a direct treatment approach to
correct the causative gene mutation and establish animal models in neurodegenerative …

CRISPR systems: Novel approaches for detection and combating COVID-19

F Safari, M Afarid, B Rastegari, A Borhani-Haghighi… - Virus Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Type V and VI CRISPR enzymes are RNA-guided, DNA and RNA-targeting
effectors that allow specific gene knockdown. Cas12 and Cas13 are CRISPR proteins that …

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Protects from the A53T-SNCA Overexpression-Induced Pathology of Parkinson's Disease In Vivo

HH Yoon, S Ye, S Lim, A Jo, H Lee, F Hong… - The CRISPR …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Mutations in specific genes, including synuclein alpha (SNCA) that encodes the α-synuclein
protein, are known to be risk factors for sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), as well as critical …

Advancements in CRISPR-based biosensing for next-gen point of care diagnostic application

A Kumaran, N Jude Serpes, T Gupta, A James… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the move of molecular tests from diagnostic labs to on-site testing becoming more
common, there is a sudden rise in demand for nucleic acid-based diagnostic tools that are …

Exploring parkinson-associated kinases for CRISPR/cas9-based gene editing: beyond alpha-synuclein

HM Mansour, AS El-Khatib - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the
loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substania nigra (SN) and is associated with progressive …

CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene therapy in neurological disorders

L Guan, Y Han, C Yang, S Lu, J Du, H Li, J Lin - Molecular Neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
Neurological disorders are primarily diseases with sophisticated etiology that are always
refractory and recrudescent. The major obstruction to effective therapies for neurological …

Revisiting alpha-synuclein pathways to inflammation

P Lyra, V Machado, S Rota, KR Chaudhuri… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) is a short presynaptic protein with an active role on synaptic vesicle
traffic and the neurotransmitter release and reuptake cycle. The α-Syn pathology intertwines …