Unraveling Parkinson´s disease diagnostic

Funder	European Commission
Recipient Organization	Nova Id Fct - Associacao Para A Inovacao E Desenvolvimento Da Fct
Country	Portugal
Start Date	Jul 01, 2024
End Date	Dec 31, 2025
Duration	548 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Participant; Coordinator
Data Source	European Commission
Grant ID	`101158248`

Grant Description

Parkinson´s disease (PD) is a progressive, chronic, and debilitating neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure and no diagnostic test available.

About 10 million people live with PD worldwide (1.2 million in Europe), and this number is expected to double by 2030 due to the aging population.

PD has a high social and economic burden, and there is the need to improve PD timely detection and diagnosis, especially in young people.UNMASK aims to validate the technological and business feasibility of the olfaction-inspired technology developed in the ERC Starting Grant SCENT by establishing the proof-of-concept for the non-invasive and fast PD diagnostics.

To accomplish this, we will approach the project from both Technical and Business perspectives, with a perfect synergy between the research and business teams, and a close contact with clinical collaborators and stakeholders.