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MJFF Launching New Local Event Series to Empower the Parkinson’s Community
June 25, 2019
… To educate and empower people with Parkinson’s and their … in learning more about the disease, the elements of a comprehensive care team, communication with doctors, the … say, ‘I can’t control my Parkinson’s, but I can control how I respond to it,’” said John L. Lipp, writer, nonprofit …
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Promising Progress: Inhaled Formulation of Levodopa Enters Phase Two of Clinical Testing
June 15, 2012
… MJFF awardee Civitas Therapeutics today announced that they have initiated a clinical trial … inhaled formulation of levodopa, the gold standard therapy to treat the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). To date, the …
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Stepping up to Help Science Fill in the Gaps
October 31, 2017
… center in blue, with family and friends at their 2015 Tour de Fox fundraiser. Claudia Revilla has always understood the power of community. So when she was diagnosed with Parkinson's … and caregivers. After her diagnosis, she worried about how her Parkinson's would affect her husband and two young …
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NYC's Empire State Building Illuminated Orange to Mark World Parkinson's Day
April 23, 2018
… iconic Empire State Building illuminated orange and white to shine a spotlight on Parkinson's disease (PD) and the … symptoms," said Veronique Enos Kaefer, vice president of community engagement at The Michael J. Fox Foundation … we love a more comfortable life. I pray more research will get results and help those who suffer from this illness..." …
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In Memoriam: The Michael J. Fox Foundation Pays Tribute to Dr. Bob Burke
January 4, 2018
… The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) joins the research community in mourning the passing of Robert E. Burke, MD, a … Advisory Board. As Professor of Neurology and Director of the Laboratories for Research in Parkinson's Disease … early initiative to help move promising ideas into clinical testing toward the development of breakthrough therapeutic …
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Immunogenetic Determinants of Disease Risk in Parkinson’s Disease
… HLA and KIR. The central element of this project is to apply next generation sequencing methods and a validated … management of many of these diseases, we are still missing complete and coherent models of pathogenesis and as a … and movement disorders. In some cases, the same variants show association with multiple traits, whereas in other …