UCL awarded largest ever UK grant to investigate causes of Parkinson’s

UCL researchers have been awarded £5.3 million to investigate the causes of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's, a progressive neurological condition, affects movement such as walking, writing and talking. More than 100,000 people in the UK have the condition. With an ageing population, this figure will increase as Parkinson's normally affects the over-50s. The funding from the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council has been awarded to a research team that brings together leading experts in brain disease from UCL's Institute of Neurology and the Royal Free Hospital, as well as involving groups from University of Dundee and University of Sheffield. It is the biggest grant ever awarded for research into Parkinson's in the UK. Professors John Hardy, Anthony Schapira and Nicholas Wood from the UCL Institute of Neurology will lead the research.
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