| The main outcomes of the proposal are the following: a) develop a first-in-class drug candidate that can modulate the excess iron and inflammatory events and regulate DA levels in the brain; b) feed the pipeline with new disease-modifying drug candidates for PD; c) patent the most promising candidates; d) knowledge transfer to pharmaceutical/biotech companies, namely those interested in the field of antiparkinsonians and therapeutic applications thereof; e) train undergraduate and graduate students and early stage researchers; f) disseminate innovative research in international, peer-review scientific journals and international conferences; g) increase the awareness for PD by disseminating our main results to the scientific community and to the society in general. |