{"id":217308,"date":"2025-07-07T14:08:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/scientists-reverse-parkinsons-symptoms-in-mice-could-humans-be-next"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:08:03","slug":"scientists-reverse-parkinsons-symptoms-in-mice-could-humans-be-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/scientists-reverse-parkinsons-symptoms-in-mice-could-humans-be-next","title":{"rendered":"Scientists reverse Parkinson\u2019s symptoms in mice \u2014 Could humans be next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-reverse-parkinsons-symptoms-in-mice-could-humans-be-next.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the University of Sydney have uncovered a malfunctioning version of the SOD1 protein that clumps inside brain cells and fuels Parkinson\u2019s disease. In mouse models, restoring the protein\u2019s function with a targeted copper supplement dramatically rescued movement, hinting at a future therapy that could slow or halt the disease in people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at the University of Sydney have uncovered a malfunctioning version of the SOD1 protein that clumps inside brain cells and fuels Parkinson\u2019s disease. In mouse models, restoring the protein\u2019s function with a targeted copper supplement dramatically rescued movement, hinting at a future therapy that could slow or halt the disease in people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}