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Mutations in GBA Gene Linked to Parkinson's Cognitive Decline
December 1, 2016
… gene impact PD? ( Learn more about genetics. ) Findings from two studies, one MJFF-funded, published recently in … Linked to Cognitive Decline The MJFF-funded study , from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in … Parkinson Disease Progression Consortium, screened samples from more than 2,300 people with PD gathered from seven …
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Research Perspective: Blood-Based Biomarkers in Parkinson’s
September 9, 2020
… Alzheimer’s patients across the entire spectrum of disease, from its earliest stages before symptoms develop through … evidence points to its utility in Parkinson’s. Results from a study published a few weeks ago in Movement Disorders … to go up over time. In the study, which used sample from The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Parkinson’s Progression …
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“De-Risking” Success Stories: Paving the Way for Groundbreaking Discoveries
December 21, 2023
… Editor’s Note: Listen to an episode from our "Parkinson's Science POV" series on How MJFF … to encourage vital partnerships down the road. Investments from venture capital firms and large companies can help … is the understanding that to develop just one treatment from scratch comes with a great deal of risk for any …
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Access Data & Biospecimens (ADB) FAQ
… J. Fox Foundation makes data and biospecimens available from select Parkinson’s studies for discovery and validation … allow researchers to generate IP on inventions arising from the use of biosamples and data. However, there are some … primarily as validation cohorts. Researchers are prohibited from generating IP on inventions arising from the use of …
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Taking a Team Approach against Our Top Drug Target
May 29, 2015
… Collaboration Speeds Progress LEAPS coordinates scientists from academic university laboratories and clinics and from pharmaceutical and biotech companies toward a common … ( one led by a Harvard scientist and the other by a team from Sweden ) are investigating the protein in brain tissue …
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MagnaReady Supports Team Fox for Parkinson's Awareness Month
April 2, 2014
… Somewhere in the mix, I started hearing the same pleas from my husband Don. As the limited mobility effects of … routine, I would witness instinctive, honest-loving moments from our two girls, jumping up on our bed, using it as a … between. However, on one particular night, after coming in from away game, he was anxious to tell me, “I had a hard …