… Disease Research Parkinson’s disease is the world’s fastest-growing neurological disease, affecting an estimated 1 … with 90,000 new diagnoses each year. Now is the time to take action to end this disease.   Alongside a nationwide … Investment in Parkinson’s Research With no way to prevent, stop or slow the disease, Parkinson’s is projected to  …

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… The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) announces 75 grants totaling more than $23 million awarded in June and July. … is a long-acting version of a drug called GM-CSF, which showed promising results and a reduction in symptoms such as …   Parkinson’s Pathology & Assessing Progression  The most common practices to diagnose PD and to assess progression …

… of alpha-synuclein in the brain—measured through imaging tools—could be a biomarker that would help researchers … to develop one necessary imaging tool that would help us get there: a radioactive PET tracer. “This is a drug with a … alpha-synuclein protein … And, increasingly, the biotech companies are saying to us, ‘It’s great to have a druggable …

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… Rationale:                             Our Team’s research shows that special forms of α-synuclein protein extracted or … why the disease is different in different people. We plan to use advanced tools like single-particle cryo-electron … in the protein α-synuclein might predict disease outcomes could be useful for future therapeutic approaches to …