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    The Michael J. Fox Foundation Partners with Canadian Parkinson’s Community to Expand International Landmark Parkinson's Study

    The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s landmark Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) study expands recruitment to Canada to help speed cures and disease prevention Canadians recently…

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    Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Announces Promising Results, Next Steps for “Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition”

    Competition funded by Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin spurred a scientific race to develop an imaging tracer to visualize the key protein alpha-synuclein in the living brains of people with…

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    Early Trial Results Give Hope for a New Potential Dyskinesia Treatment for People with Parkinson’s

    Positive results suggest NLX-112 is safe and efficacious for people with Parkinson’s with levodopa-induced dyskinesias These challenging involuntary movements have been identified as a priority…

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    Study of Parkinson’s Disease Genetics in Black and African American Populations Expands with Two Additional Sites

    Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) study builds to six sites with the inclusion of Louisiana State University and University of Florida   …

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    Michael J. Fox Foundation Honored as “Silver” and “Listener’s Choice” Winner in Inaugural Signal Awards for Its Limited Podcast Series: “Parkinson’s Science POV”

    NEW YORK (February 9, 2023) — The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) announces its “Parkinson’s Science POV” limited series podcast is a “Silver” and “Listener’s…

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    The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Honors J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD, with Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson's Research

    NEW YORK (November 1, 2022) -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) has awarded the 2022 Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson's Research&nbsp…

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    The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders Extends Globally to Provide a Network of High-Quality Patient Care and Fuel Research Progress

    Since it began in 2014, The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders has trained 27 new movement disorder specialists around the world Through the transformative generosity and leadership…

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