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A Father's Day Tribute
June 9, 2014
… PD patients to increase the quality of specialized care. From treatment and education to making recommendations on … stronger. He was my hero. Although PD prevented him from playing ball or coaching me at sports, he gave me …
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Research Tools FAQ
… website. Can you provide me with a protocol for a reagent from your Tools Catalog? As MJFF does not have laboratories … a paper that has used the reagent and developing a protocol from the paper. If more guidance is needed, we recommend …
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In Vivo Assessment of Alpha-Synuclein Secretion
… This grant builds upon the research from a prior grant: In Vivo Assessment of Alpha-Synuclein … Secretion Objective/Rationale : Recent data from our lab (Emmanouilidou et al, 2010) suggest that …
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Assessing the Role of Glucosylceramide in Alpha-synuclein-induced Toxicity
… in PD midbrain neuronal models. These cells will be derived from induced pluripotent stem cells ("man-made" stem cells … can become other cell types) that have been reprogrammed from fibroblasts from individuals with PD who have genetic mutations in GBA1 …
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PPMI Dispatch: New Tool to Measure Risk of Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson’s
October 25, 2022
… focuses on specific groups of interests, in areas ranging from impulse control disorders (ICDs) to REM sleep behavior … disorder (RBD), to predict and measure Parkinson’s. Data from PPMI continues to lead to innovative research and … control disorders. Related behaviors can include compulsive shopping, gambling, eating and sexual activity. Newly …
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Forbes: A Paradigm Shift For Medical Research
May 7, 2007
… a profit for their shareholders. To patients observing from the sidelines, it can feel--on our cynical days--as if … commercial investment focuses on tweaking innovations from a decade ago. So we burn through this pile of cash, yet … work every day to accelerate the best ideas on their path from the labs to the patients. Our goal is to improve the …