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Pioneering Partnership Leads to “Win for Parkinson’s Patients”
September 21, 2012
… Vanderbilt–Bristol-Myers Squibb collaboration leveraging MJFF investment … a specific glutamate receptor called mGluR4. “The long-term commitment of and collaboration with MJFF were critical to advancing this program to the stage where it is now perfectly positioned to work closely with …
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Tracking Eye Movement to Diagnose Parkinson's
September 19, 2016
… Research (MJFF) recently awarded a $1 million grant to The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Schools of Medicine and … test can detect Parkinson's before physical symptoms are present. Earlier and more precise diagnosis would allow …
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EPA to Review Safety of Paraquat, an Herbicide Linked to Parkinson's Disease
December 23, 2022
… Photo by Scott Henrichsen Update as of September 17, 2024: Join … Council , MJFF has responded to the EPA's latest public comment opportunity urging them to ban paraquat. Read the … work on this matter,” says Ted Thompson, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at MJFF. “For years, EPA has …
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Lights, Cameras, Music and Comedy at the #FoxGala to Raise Funds to End Parkinson's Disease
November 13, 2018
… Tracy Pollan and Michael J. Fox welcome the audience. This year's host of The Michael J. Fox … (MJFF) annual "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's" gala, Denis Leary, put it best as he … in the public eye or you have a platform to do things where you can put your name on it, or put your name on an …
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MJFF Funding Deep Brain Stimulation Registry to Improve Patient Outcomes
February 19, 2019
… patients perform with this surgery and why they have the outcomes they do. DBS is a great therapy and helps many … (awake or asleep), share brain images that show exactly where leads are implanted, and provide programming settings. … Information will be gathered during the initial evaluation visits, at surgery and then at regular intervals for five …
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Linking Three Proteins to Parkinson's
February 7, 2017
… (PD). Even though most forms of PD are not directly related to genetic mutations, a greater understanding of the … could lead to new therapies that could help all individuals with the disease. A new study, funded in part by The Michael … Parkinson's, regardless of whether a genetic mutation is present. "The impact of these findings could be enormous, as …