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Author Reflects on Impact of “The Case of the Frozen Addicts” as 2nd Edition Released
March 20, 2014
… Editor's note: In 1995, journalist Jon Palfreman wrote “The Case of the Frozen Addicts,” a book detailing a discovery that forever changed the face of Parkinson’s research. Years … the path of Langston’s and my careers. He went on to become an internationally renowned neuroscientist founding his …
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Sam Fox: From Running for a Cure to Working for a Cure for Parkinson's
March 6, 2012
… symptoms, and true to her constitution, she never complained. For me, a young teenager, it was easy to forget … for years. Maybe I was just ready to see them. Like I said before, my mom doesn’t complain. She may no longer race down … of training and preparation I ran the Pacific Crest Trail, from Canada to Mexico, through mountains, forests, and …
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Wearable Sensors and a Web-Based Application to Monitor Patients with Parkinson's Disease in the Home Environment
… Critical research roadblocks hinder our ability to identify genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson’s … (PI) and 23andMe, Inc., a privately-held personal genetics company dedicated to helping individuals understand their … genetic information through DNA analysis technologies and web-based interactive tools. The company's Personal Genome …
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People with Parkinson’s Need Access to Mental Health Care: Congressional Briefing Explains Why
June 4, 2020
… classic motor symptoms of Parkinson’s, and these issues can complicate other symptoms and affect long-term outcomes. There are more than 200,000 licensed mental health counselors … (MJFF) co-hosted a virtual Congressional briefing about access to mental health care. The briefing was an …
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New Michael J. Fox Foundation Initiative will Drive Development of Web-Based Tools to Increase Patient Participation in Parkinson's Clinical Trials
March 19, 2008
… ongoing efforts to develop research tools that can speed the availability of life-transforming treatments for … The Michael J. Fox Foundation announced the launch of its Web-based Clinical Assessment Program . Under this … tools that would allow any patient with a personal computer and an Internet connection to participate in …
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Quantitative SAAs for Alpha-synuclein from Various Matrices
… assays (SAAs) in which pathological protein clumps from patient samples are amplified such that they can be … protein clumps in CSF is increased in a well-defined manner before entering the quantitative (digital) assay. We will … If such a study would show that our assay works, then the commercial development of the method would be the next step. …