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Measuring Community Activity with Smartphones May Help Track Parkinson’s Progression
April 3, 2014
… if they can “use your current location” — to find a coffee shop near you, show how to get to your destination or even … conducts their activities. In a recent paper , researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia used data from The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) Data Challenge to …
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Social Security Administration Recognizes Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
August 3, 2016
… During the editing process, the SSA solicited feedback from the neurological disease community. The Parkinson's … applications. The SSA notes that "limitations resulting from non-motor symptoms are highly variable, and we evaluate … will go into effect on September 29, 2016. Read comments from the SSA about the new rules . Visit the SSA's Benefit …
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Telemedicine to Treat Parkinson's?
September 19, 2017
… quality of life). Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA, a study author from the University of Rochester, said "The results showed … to travel. And, some people simply live too far away from specialists. Virtual visits could make Parkinson's care … to ensure the full Parkinson's picture can be captured from afar, and advocates will work to expand insurers' …
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Broader MJFF-23andMe Collaboration Seeks to Drive Advances through PD Genetics
October 30, 2017
… uses of genetic data for scientific discovery. With funding from MJFF, 23andMe researchers will use genetic data collected through the company's PD Research Community from 2009-2017 to gain new genotypic and phenotypic insights … and value of microbiome sample collection and analysis from the 23andMe PD community. Goals include determining …
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Biomarkers in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid
… profiles in the human cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) obtained from patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) at various … patients/controls, a great deal of data has been generated from Dr. Zhang's proteomic analyses. The major challenge in … of Alzheimer’s Disease. Follow-on funding was received from the National Institutes of Health through its R01, P42, …
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Engineering Midbrain Dopamine Neurons by Forced Expression of a Novel Dopamine Cell Determinant in Pre-Clinical Model Embryonic Stem Cells
… This grant builds upon the research from a prior grant: Regulation of Nurr1 Nuclear Receptor … should facilitate strategies to generate dopamine neurons from stem cells and may also have relevance for … of these factors to effectively produce dopamine neurons from stem cells. UPDATE JUNE 2006: The researchers …