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My blood test confirmed the doctor’s suspicions; monosodium urate monohydrate crystals had gathered at my ankle like unwanted relatives.

"The findings support more research on whether raising the level of urate in people with early Parkinson's may slow the disease down," Gao added.

Instead of excreting nitrogenous waste in liquid urine, they drop little powdery white crystals called urates.

But a few other substances — a vaccine against a protein called alpha-synuclein, a blood pressure drugcalled isradipine, and inosine, a supplement that raises urate levels, are showing promise in clinical trials now underway.

He injected artificial urine, lithium urate, into rats and found out that calmed them down.