CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc., announced today a collaborative effort with the University of Kentucky (UK) to develop a DNA nanoparticle therapy for Parkinson’s disease. Based on positive initial treatments in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease, conducted by Dr. David Yurek at UK, a second phase of studies will now work to optimize the nanoparticle payload, a DNA expression system that is capable of expressing candidate therapeutic genes for months, if not years, in the affected brain regions of Parkinson’s disease patients.
