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Foundation Updates

Read expert commentary, insights and general announcements on how the Foundation is paving the way for Parkinson's research.


  • Partnering Across Brain Diseases toward New Tests and Therapies

    Partnering Across Brain Diseases toward New Tests and Therapies

    Four leading brain research organizations are funding projects to look across diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's for commonalities and differences.
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  • 'No Two People with Parkinson's Are the Same': The Promise of Precision Medicine

    'No Two People with Parkinson's Are the Same': The Promise of Precision Medicine

    Precision medicine has the potential to help everyone with Parkinson's by tailoring treatments based on each person's unique disease.
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  • Foundation Mourns Passing of Parkinson's Treatment Pioneer

    Foundation Mourns Passing of Parkinson's Treatment Pioneer

    Dr. Arvid Carlsson -- who linked Parkinson's disease to dopamine loss and discovered the effects of levodopa treatment -- has died.
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  • Ask the PhD: Spring 2018 Funded Parkinson's Projects

    In the first video in our new series, MJFF's Dr. Mark Frasier discusses innovative Parkinson's research projects chosen through our biannual funding round.
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  • Summit Outlines Needs to Advance Parkinson's Cures

    Summit Outlines Needs to Advance Parkinson's Cures

    The Michael J. Fox Foundation gathered leaders from industry, academia, non-profits and government to discuss the way forward in Parkinson's drug trials.
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  • Another Motor Symptom Therapy under FDA Review

    Another Motor Symptom Therapy under FDA Review

    The FDA will review and decide whether to approve the therapy for market.
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