Parkinson’s disease looks different from person to person, which can delay diagnosis and make finding the right treatment more difficult. Researchers are looking for better ways to measure the signs of Parkinson’s in the body to support more precise diagnosis and, in the future, help guide treatment. In audio from this month’s MJFF Parkinson’s Webinar, our expert panel discusses the tools currently in use and those in development — from skin tests to brain scans — and what they could tell us about Parkinson’s now and in the future.
In this episode, Soania Mathur, MD, a member of MJFF’s Patient Council who was diagnosed in 1998, leads a conversation with:
Samantha Hutten, PhD, Head of Translational Biomarkers at The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Claudio Soto, PhD, professor of neurology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Francesca Magrinelli, MD, PhD, movement disorder specialist and researcher at University College London
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