The project is led by Dr. Silvia Muro, Group Leader for Targeted therapeutics and nanodevices group from IBEC, with the collaboration of scientists, hospitals and patient associations, and calls to every person that wants to get involved by making donations during the fundraising campaign.
The causes of Parkinson’s disease are still unknown, and yet it affects around 8 million patients around the world, but the latest studies have demonstrated that the people that suffer this disease have an alteration in the function of eliminating lipids in cells, which means that cells are not capable of getting rid of the “fat residues” and this accumulate inside the cell to the point of provoking its dysfunction or cell death, affecting the central nervous system and causing symptoms such as disturbances in equilibrium and when walking, tremors and muscle stiffness among others.
The money raised by the FF campaign “Let’s tackle Parkinson” will be invested in the development of an antibody that will be capable of trespassing the blood–brain barrier and will carry a drug to the brain that favours the elimination of lipids stored inside the neurons.
Furthermore, some entities that collaborate with us in the program Faster Future are: Cinesa, Fundació Antonio Serra Santamans, Barcelona Global, Caixa d’Enginyers, Zeiss, Seidor, Eppendorf.
Now you can help us. Go to www.ibecbarcelona.org and boost Parkinson’s research.
