… Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) today announced that its Chief Executive Officer and … implementation of the National Parkinson’s Project (NPP), a comprehensive national strategy to end Parkinson’s disease … become available.   To learn more about the NPP, visit michaeljfox.org/national-parkinsons-project.   ###   …

… Traditional Parkinson’s disease (PD) detection and monitoring systems lack objective biomarkers and are often … identifies the masked face and other early-stage facial expression impairments and micromovements. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that in PD, facial expressions may communicate disease state and provide an external …

… To adapt to the ever-changing environment, the cell has to … primarily carried out by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, where proteins are tagged with a small protein called ubiquitin to form ubiquitin …

… The FDA acknowledged the potential of NSD-ISS as a research tool to classify people with Parkinson’s and biologically related disorders in a way that facilitates comparing like-to-like in studies and drug trials.  In … impairment anchors for NSD-ISS. These anchors move beyond previous, more general categorizations of functional …

… Promising Outcomes of Original Grant: Stem cells are a renewable source of tissue that can be coaxed to become different cell types of the body. When prompted, stem cell models can become neural cells. Previously, we successfully developed several stem cell …

… Performance by Gregg Allman   What:  A benefit evening of comedy and music to raise funds for The Michael J. Fox … Roger Daltry, John McEnroe, Rachael Ray, and others.   Where:  The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City   When:  … nearly $160 million in research to date. To learn more, visit www.michaeljfox.org PRESS CONTACTS: Katrina Kahl, The …