12/02/2025
'Harmless' Virus Found in Parkinson's Patients' Brains, New Study Shows! A new study from researchers at Northwestern Medicine suggests that a common and typically harmless virus may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease. The Northwestern Medicine research team did not expect to find the Human Pegivirus (HPgV) in the brains and spinal fluid of people with Parkinson’s disease. The virus, however, was not found in people without Parkinson’s, who were the study’s control group. The study was published in the journal JCI Insight... https://bit.ly/3M4G5k5