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Medicine's Xin Qi, Di Hu and Xiaoyan Sun work to develop a protein that may reverse Parkinson’s damage

Media | May 14, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Meet the Cleveland scientists working to reverse Parkinson’s disease

The Land: Xin Qi, the Jeanette M. and Joseph S. Silber Professor of Brain Sciences, and Di Hu and Xiaoyan Sun, both research scientists at the School of Medicine, discussed their new research to develop a protein that may reverse Parkinson’s damage. Qi noted no existing treatments slow the disease, though the therapy remains years from human use.