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Fraser Barton

Gut health identified in combating Parkinson's disease

QUT researchers are looking into how gut health drugs could stop or slow Parkinson's disease. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)

Australian researchers hope to slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's disease by targeting the gut rather than the brain.

A Queensland University of Technology team has been awarded $4 million for the four-year trial that will look at combating the illness by altering gut health.

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