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Vanderbilt University Weekly Newspaper: Deep Brain Stimulation for Early Parkinson’s Shows Promise
March 5, 2010
… the application of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in very early-stage Parkinson's disease. “There is no treatment that … manufactured by Medtronic, involves a thin wire implanted into an area deep in the brain. The wire runs to a small … dramatically improves many patients. For two years, the researchers are following 30 patients recently diagnosed …
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Research Data Science Internship
… About Us: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) was founded in 2000 with a single defined … triple-pronged, singularly-defined strategy towards disease research enables a dynamic, motivated, and young organization. MJFF has quickly grown into the largest global funder of Parkinson’s disease …
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From Diagnosis to IRONMAN 70.3, One Team Fox Member Learns to Raise the Bar
June 17, 2014
… Every day I'm challenged with something new. In the early stages of training I had to deal with a number of …
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Associate Director, Research Operations
… Now About Us: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) was founded in 2000 with one clear … organization. Since inception, MJFF has quickly grown into the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s disease research, having funded over $1.5 billion in research …
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Patient-specific iPS cell-derived Neurons and Disease-associated LRRK2 Mutations for Parkinson's Disease Research
… authentic genetic background are required to accelerate PD research. This project and associated national consortium … iPS cell lines will be differentiated using our protocol into a defined population of neurons that includes a … of neuronal dysfunction that are the critical targets for early diagnosis and potential neuroprotective interventions. …
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MJFF-funded Generation of PD Pre-Clinical Models
… the need for predictive pre-clinical models for PD research. The currently available pre-clinical models do … sites, copy number, etc, will be shared with the PD research community on PD Online Research website. These … to both academic and industry investigators. Relevance to Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: The end result …