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Promising Parkinson's Disease Research Highlighted by The Michael J. Fox Foundation to Accelerate Drug Development
August 12, 2014
… Research projects from five groups active in Parkinson's … through the pipeline of drug development and eventually into patients' hands. Non-confidential overviews of the … contacts and more broadly via MJFF's website twice yearly. Selected for the MJFF Partnering Program 1H 2014 are: …
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A First in the Nation: Texas Voters Will Decide on Billions for Brain Health Research
May 27, 2025
… Texas state capitol. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed into law a bipartisan bill to dedicate a staggering sum of … the largest state investment in neurodegenerative disease research in United States history, Texans must vote in favor … and Research Institute of Texas by December 31, 2025. In early 2026, the committee will hire a chief executive …
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Budget Cuts and Medical Research: An Update from PAN and What You Can Do
January 3, 2013
… budget deal approved by Congress this week, our nation’s research agenda is hardly out of the woods. “It is hugely … disappointing that sequestration decisions were pushed to early March, continuing the very real threat of serious cuts to biomedical research,” says Amy Comstock Rick, CEO of the Parkinson’s …
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The Michael J. Fox Foundation Launches the Bachmann-Strauss Fellowship in Dystonia Research
January 18, 2022
… The new Bachmann-Strauss Fellowship in Dystonia Research will support a next generation of dystonia researchers toward improved understanding and treatment of … in 2000, MJFF has funded more than $9 million in research into improved DBS for Parkinson’s (e.g., “smart” DBS that …
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Grants $7.7M to Parkinson's Research Projects through Biannual Funding Round
June 27, 2018
… spring 2018 funding programs to advance top Parkinson's research priorities Funding will support projects at … non-profit funder of Parkinson's research, MJFF invested nearly $100 million in research in 2017. Foundation … research funders; increases the flow of participants into Parkinson's disease clinical trials with its online …
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My Research Journey: How My Family History Led Me to a Worldwide Parkinson’s Study
January 4, 2021
… passed away, here was perhaps a simple way I could. After completing a survey, a simple spit tube kit appeared and … didn’t know at the time and came as a pleasant surprise was how much I would enjoy the world-class medical research team I …