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MJFF Awardee Builds on Foundation Funding to Land $8 Million Follow-on Award from NINDS
October 3, 2011
… Last week, Banner Sun Health Research Institute (BSHRI) and Mayo Clinic Arizona … with grants totaling more than $5 million, which was instrumental in establishing the basis for the NINDS award. "APDC … The information is compiled on three distinct subsets — healthy adults; PD patients; and healthy adults who, over …
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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $1.1 Million for Validation of Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutic Targets
July 8, 2010
… awardee, Andrea Giuffrida, PhD, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is using the … Andrea Giuffrida, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Targeting the Unfolded …
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People with Parkinson’s Need Access to Affordable Prescription Medications
March 1, 2021
… People with Parkinson’s also sometimes live with other health issues that result in out-of-pocket spending that … 90 percent of people with Parkinson’s obtain their health insurance coverage through Medicare. Medicare’s …
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Research Roundup: Studies Need People with and without Parkinson’s to Speed Progress
March 22, 2022
… Some people join observational studies, which measure health, while others sign up to be part of clinical trials … company BioVie is leading a Phase II trial testing an experimental treatment to ease Parkinson’s motor symptoms when … and contact the study team . In partnership with Northwell Health, MJFF is funding another study following people with …
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Bloomberg: “Michael J. Fox and Sergey Brin Take Their Push for a Parkinson’s Cure to the Next Level”
December 20, 2023
… Parkinson’s research, more than the National Institutes of Health, with hundreds of millions of dollars more likely … science and the promise that lies ahead, award-winning health and science Bloomberg journalist Robert Langreth …
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Real Talk from Women Living with Parkinson’s
May 8, 2024
… with the disease by advocating for themselves with their health care team and how they empower other women through … co-founder of the Women’s Parkinson’s Project and digital health startup My Moves Matter . She was diagnosed in 2017 …