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What We Fund: $86 Million to Refine Our Understanding of Parkinson’s
February 20, 2025
… Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) announces 127 grants that total $86 million awarded in December 2024 and January … environmental exposures on stem cells, helping illuminate how those exposures might drive changes in the brain, … those associated with PD. One project chosen from the RFA comes from Professor Lezanne Ooi’s research at University of …
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Regulated rAAV-GDNF to treat Parkinson's disease: Translational research plan
… Disease Objective/Rationale : We are attempting to perfect gene therapy using glial cell line-derived … engineering the ability to turn off GDNF delivery using the common antibiotic, doxycycline. There are some significant … about 20% of the antibiotic blood level. Then, when we know how much doxycycline to administer, we will determine …
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Top Five Things to Keep in Mind When Advocating for Policy
August 20, 2020
… J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) is sharing opportunities for our community to advocate with Congress for policies critical to people … advocacy. Congress wants to hear what you want them to do, how they can do it, how this impacts their local district …
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NIH Director Highlights the Agency's Efforts to Advance Parkinson's Research
April 17, 2018
… "I come to you this evening to tell you that I think we're at a very … individuals who work to further public policies in support of the Parkinson's disease (PD) community. Dr. Collins is the director of the National …
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California Funds Parkinson's Disease Registry with Advocacy and Support from The Michael J. Fox Foundation
July 14, 2021
… signs funding bill including $8.4 million over four years to accelerate data collection effort toward a Parkinson’s … J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) today commended California Governor Gavin Newsom for signing the … like this registry can have a direct and lasting impact on how the research community does its work — data collection …
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Testing of Ambroxol in the Thy1-Alpha-Synuclein Pre-clinical Model of Parkinson's disease
… are pathological hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease. Compelling genetic evidence has also implicated GCase in … Ambroxol is an existing drug that can “chaperone” GCase to its mature form where it no longer promotes pathological deposit formation. We intend to test whether ambroxol can ameliorate Parkinson’s …