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Research Roundup: Trials Stepping Forward to Potentially Slow Disease and Ease Symptoms
December 21, 2018
… can seem gradual. Trials go through detailed procedures to get approval, recruit participants and begin. Recently, … therapy forward in the drug development pipeline. NILO-PD: Completed recruitment of Phase II nilotinib trial for …
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MJFF Awards $710,000 to Advance Understanding of Parkinson's Disease Subtypes
June 6, 2007
… Foundation for Parkinson’s Research announced $710,000 in total funding to seven research teams for projects … and clinicians alike — is the significant variability in how the disease manifests itself from patient to patient,” … will focus on determining predictive factors for reaching a common neuroprotective clinical trial endpoint — time to …
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We Need Your Voice to Protect People with Parkinson’s in Nursing Homes
December 7, 2020
… nursing home residents, and it is critical for lawmakers to determine what needs to be done to protect these … significantly higher infection and mortality rate among communities of color, specifically Black, Hispanic, American … to support several bills to ensure no cost, regular testing for residents and personnel; supply of personal …
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Topography of Vulnerability to Alpha-synuclein Fibrils in the Cerebral Cortex
… less vulnerable than the allocortex (fewer than six layers) to alpha-synuclein pathology. No one knows the reason for this striking difference. However, we have found that the neocortex is more resistant … be knocked down to test the hypothesis that neocortex becomes more vulnerable to alpha-synuclein toxicity when …
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Dance It Off: One Team Fox Member's Approach to Living with Parkinson's
March 18, 2014
… Beth Hochstein poses with her two children, Max and Sarah Editor's Note: With her Dance Party for Parkinson’s Zumbathon Charity Event coming up on Saturday, April 5 in New York City, we asked … a Dance for Parkinson's class with a friend and realized how great dance is for people living with PD. What I …
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Restrain FGF20 by miRNA: Lowering the Risk to Parkinson's Disease
… alpha-synuclein over production-a well-known causative factor in familial form PD. This proposed study is designed to … type and genetically modified. The modified microRNA will completely match that risk genetic variation in order to … levels of alpha-synuclein in postmortem brain tissue. However, limited numbers of brain samples made the finding …