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Foundation Benefit Raises Millions for Parkinson’s Research
November 25, 2014
… guests were brought to their feet by a rousing performance from icon Paul Simon. The cheers only grew louder when … her hip a couple of weeks ago but that couldn’t stop her from attending the bash and bringing out her son. The evening’s dinner menu was inspired by recipes from “The Pollan Family Table,” a new cookbook written by …
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Repurposed Drug Shows Promise in Early Studies to Stop Parkinson’s Progression
October 10, 2014
… may stop cell death and the progression of PD. Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles tested the … team targeting GCase with another compound. Their results from this study of AT2101 published in the October issue of … but this still has the potential to stop the disease from progressing.” Learn more about alpha-synuclein. Maggie …
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iPS Cells Show Individualized Response to Parkinson’s Disease Treatments
July 11, 2012
… of Health (NIH) paper that studied iPS cells generated from people across varying genetically inherited forms of … potentially saving time and money. The NIH findings come from an iPS Cell Consortium that is also sponsored by The … The Consortium is working to generate many iPS cell lines from PD patients and make them widely available to …
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Fox Trial Finder Among MDS Congress “Blue Ribbon Highlights”
June 25, 2012
… being made in the landmark biomarker study. One of these from Daniel Weintraub, MD, was marked for Blue Ribbon … Ribbon status, including a study into dipraglurant, a drug from Addex Therapeutics that targets the glutamate system to … Next year’s Congress will take place in Sydney, Australia from June 16- June 20. Nate Herpich …
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NPR Covers Rhythm’s Effect on Parkinson’s Disease
June 18, 2014
… Photo from NPR National Public Radio’s "All Things Considered" … disease. "My doctor says he can tell a Parkinson's tremor from any other kind," says Anne Davis, a retired teacher … students say the rhythms of dance give them a respite from the abnormal brain rhythms of Parkinson's. "I come here …
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Staff on the Move: Foundation’s Unique Role in Venture Philanthropy
October 7, 2013
… This post is part of our continuing series from MJFF staff on the conferences they're attending and how they hope to contribute to and benefit from the experience. As financial budgets tighten and … and Corporate Venture Support.’ Karen Chen, PhD, from the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation also will speak …