Progenra Breakthrough Offers New Hope for Parkinson’s Disease and Beyond

Palampur’s Ankita Raghuvanshi presents breakthrough research on Parkinson’s at Denmark meet

Vikal SharmaPalampur:Ankita Raghuvanshi, a promising young scientist from Palampur in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, has brought international acclaim to the state and India with her groundbreaking work in health technology. Currently pursuing her PhD in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar, Ankita represented India at the prestigious IEEE EMBC 2025 Conference (Engineering in Medicine and Biology …

Progenra Breakthrough Offers New Hope for Parkinson’s Disease and Beyond

MALVERN, PA — In a major scientific advance, Progenra Inc. has announced the discovery of a novel class of small-molecule drugs designed to restore the function of mutant forms of PINK1 kinase — a crucial mitochondrial regulator linked to early-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD). This discovery marks the first demonstration that it may be possible to pharmacologically correct defective PINK1 proteins in patients, opening the door to disease-modifyin…