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Parkinson's Research: PPMI Clinical Study
… of a cure. Because PPMI is an observational study, its research volunteers do not take any experimental drug or … library. This expansion is imperative to accelerate earlier diagnosis and ground-breaking treatments that may benefit … findings on, for example, brain imaging of dopamine loss in early PD and genetic variants associated with Parkinson’s. …
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SUPPLEMENT: Empowering Community Health Workers in Clinical Research: A Proposal to Enhance the MJFF Clinical Research Training Modules with Multimedia for Greater Impact
… as Parkinson’s disease (PD), and their associated clinical research. CHWs are an underutilized workforce that can … of the training is to facilitate a deeper understanding of research enrollment opportunities within the communities … Research Grant …
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Adding a Novel Voice to Parkinson’s Research
February 20, 2013
… interpreting small changes in speech that take place early on in PD is effective in diagnosing the disease more … in detecting Parkinson’s disease. Specifically, we looked into how people’s voices change as quantified through a very … easy to collect data via telephone. The investment into research for our generous volunteers is less than it would …
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Applying Artificial Intelligence for Early Identification of Parkinson’s Disease
… (AI) applied to EKGs can help identify people in very early stages of PD, before they show other classic signs of … Healthcare System in Memphis, Tennessee. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s disease: If successful, … PD. If successful, we hope to make this model available to researchers for ongoing and future clinical trials. …
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Measuring Alpha-synuclein in Extracellular Vesicles: A Biomarker for the Diagnosis and Staging of Neuronal α-Synuclein Diseases
… would provide a more accessible tool for disease diagnosis and could facilitate the evaluation of disease … propose is based on nanosized vesicles released by neurons into the bloodstream, called neuron-derived extracellular … individuals for clinical trials, particularly in the early stages of disease, when symptoms are not clear. The …
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Parkinson's Protein Levels Stable over Year in Early Disease
October 13, 2017
… Today researchers from the Parkinson's Progression Markers … cohort: people with Parkinson's risk factors but not diagnosis. And I put a lot of hope in more specific …