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Podcast: Looking Deep into Cells for the Answers to Parkinson's
May 22, 2019
… external partners talked about: Technology that is letting researchers read a person's DNA, RNA and proteins How …
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Nicole Jarvis's Oklahoma Winter Gala Snowballs into Success Year after Year
December 20, 2017
… from live and silent auctions -- for critical Parkinson's research efforts. The Norman Transcript piece also … in Oklahoma, many of whom do not live close to major research centers. In 2013, she founded the Nicole Jarvis, M.D., Parkinson's Research Foundation, which helps bring physical and voice …
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The Great Need for Early Diagnostic Tools in the Pursuit of Disease Cures: A Statement from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
November 7, 2013
… definitively diagnose and track disease, stratify clinical research volunteers and test disease-modifying therapies. … testing presents a catch-22: providers will pay if diagnosis and disease tracking can lead to a beneficial treatment, but researchers need data from diagnostic and tracking tools to …
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Parkinson's Inosine Trial Ending Early
December 10, 2018
… future studies that will increase their chance of success.” Researchers recently announced that SURE-PD3, a Phase III … solid trial design and measurement tools and the value of research participation. Though the outcome is not what … taking placebo. The SURE-PD3 trial is being conducted at nearly 60 sites across the United States and is funded by the …
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Chronos-PD: Using Proteomic Analysis to Detect Early Molecular Signatures of Parkinson’s Disease
… of disease progression. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that early biological changes in PD can be detected years before clinical diagnosis using deep molecular profiling of blood plasma. … these samples to those of healthy controls to identify early molecular signatures of PD. Impact on …
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Spectroscopy of Human Plasma for Diagnosis of Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
… Objective/Rationale: The diagnosis of Parkinson disease is based on clinical criteria … currently no accepted biological markers to assist in the diagnosis of PD. Oxidative stress (free radical damage) has … we anticipate that plasma NIR spectroscopy will distinguish early PD from healthy individuals with 80% accuracy or …