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Alzheimer’s Drug Approval Shows Power of Protein Markers as Parkinson’s Field Seeks Same
January 17, 2023
… Biogen Inc. for people with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's dementia. Patients will need to show — on … be beneficial for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD); research into the subject is ongoing. Read more about how drugs for …
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Gut Check on Parkinson's: New Findings on Bacteria Levels
December 8, 2014
… "Listen to your gut" is common advice when faced with an important … each individual. Filip Scheperjans, MD, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Helsinki, Finland examined the … (gait problems versus tremor, for example) or who will get which. Bacterial differences may allow us to separate …
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$2M Prize Motivates Field toward Tool to Visualize Key Parkinson’s Protein in the Brain
June 13, 2016
… (MJFF) announced a $2 million prize to motivate the research field to develop an alpha-synuclein imaging tracer. … living person, which would lead to earlier and more precise diagnosis, progression tracking, and more efficient and … the research community to advance ongoing and new studies into stopping Parkinson’s disease. “The ability to image …
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PPMI Screening Survey
… Take a short survey to see if you may be eligible to help researchers learn more about Parkinson’s and speed the … diagnosed in the past two years? Enrolling people early in their disease course allows volunteers to … be disclosed to you directly. This information does not go into your medical records, so would not be shown if an …
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Women Who Give, Women Who Lead: Team Fox Detroit’s Donna Rajkovic
March 10, 2025
… the power of community, so instead of simply accepting my diagnosis, I turned it into a mission. One of my first steps was joining the … Progression Marker's Initiative in 2012 because I knew research was the key to progress. Being part of that study …
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Studying the Properties of Alpha-Synuclein Aggregates Amplified from Human Cerebrospinal Fluid
… work toward improving the techniques as needed. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: The process of … from cerebrospinal fluid represents a recent leap in early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. This project holds the …