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What We Fund: $19 Million to Test New Treatments, Measure Mobility with Radio Signals, and Relate Environmental and Genetic Risk
October 27, 2021
… Editor’s Note: Giving Tuesday is November 30, 2021. Every … that will help bring new treatments and cures to people with Parkinson's. In this bimonthly report, we review some … . Research has shown low levels of this usually dangerous compound may protect cells. [This may explain why cigarette …
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Developing a Method to Exclude Individuals with Insignificant Alpha-synuclein Aggregates from Trials of Therapies that Target Alpha-synuclein
… disease (PD). Although alpha-synuclein aggregation is a common cause of dementia, other proteins are also associated with dementia, for example amyloid-beta and tau. We now have … sensitive tests called seeding assays which can be used to identify people with clumps of alpha-synuclein in the …
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Turn Up the Speakers: MJFF Partners with The Aoki Foundation to Share Exclusive Playlist this Parkinson’s Awareness Month
April 24, 2025
… Month, The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) is partnering with the Aoki Foundation. Brain health advocate, GRAMMY … awareness around the importance of brain health and to one day, see a world where degenerative brain diseases no … to Boost Better Brain Health,” to amplify and empower the community on their journey toward caring for our brains. …
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Episode 24: Developing FLEXISyn to Identify and Measure Changes in Alpha-Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease with Judith Steen
October 1, 2024
… New qualitative and quantitative tools are being developed to measure and track changes in … in alpha-synuclein to better understand how the protein becomes dysfunctional and begins misfolding and forming toxic … is geared toward researchers and clinicians. If you live with Parkinson’s or have a friend or family member with PD, …
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Study Illuminates How People with Parkinson’s Experience Fatigue
July 28, 2020
… Although it is estimated that more than half of people with Parkinson’s experience fatigue , it could still be difficult for doctors to recognize and treat this non-motor symptom. The … Insight houses the largest cohort of patient-reported outcomes in Parkinson’s research. For this study, 413 …
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Kick Start Summer Fun with Team Fox!
June 11, 2013
… With school out of session, it’s official: summer has arrived! And what better way to celebrate the change in season than to bring your friends … feature event guides, step-by-step instructions and helpful online tools to support fundraisers of all ages. From …