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University of Edinburgh researchers engineered bacteria to transform PET plastic into levodopa, a frontline Parkinson's medication, achieving 84 percent conversion from industrial waste in a proof-of-concept published in Nature Sustainability.

Japan's health ministry has conditionally approved two iPS cell-derived drugs, marking the first time regenerative medicines built from induced pluripotent stem cells will reach patients commercially.

An 863-person Nature study identifies the SCAN brain network as the core driver of Parkinson's, with all four major treatments working by reducing its abnormal hyperconnectivity.