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Targets to Therapies Awards First Round of Grants to Forge a Path to Better Parkinson’s Treatments
December 8, 2025
… for drugs with potential to slow or stop Parkinson’s from getting worse,” said Gaia Skibinski, PhD, director of … cell functioning in ways that prevent alpha-synuclein from accumulating and becoming toxic. TRPML1 , a protein … and, when activated, may clear alpha-synuclein clumps from cells before they endanger dopamine neurons. OGA, a …
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Foundation Awards $2.3 Million to Develop Treatments for Dopamine-Non-Responsive PD Symptoms
November 16, 2006
… therapies. This program was funded with a lead gift from the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation in memory … including depression, apathy and fatigue. Positive results from this trial would provide physicians with an optimal exercise regimen to prescribe patients suffering from postural instability and gait disorders, something that …
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Parkinson's Groups Team Up to Award Over $4 Million Through Community Fast Track Program
February 3, 2004
… “ Multi-single Unit Elextrophsiological Characterization of Dyskinesia Induced by Dopaminetic Drug ” Kimberly Bjugstad, … Hospital “ Adenosine A2A Receptors in a Mouse Model of PD Dyskinesia ” Michael Sierks, PhD Arizona State University “ …
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Research Perspective: Alpha-Synuclein Imaging
July 30, 2020
… We know from Alzheimer’s disease the difference an imaging tracer … ( previously funded by MJFF) thanks to a $20 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. We also announced three winners from the Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition …
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“If You Can’t Communicate, You Are Very Isolated”: At-Home Voice Training Software Helps Parkinson’s Patients Improve Speech
September 4, 2013
… progressively complex nature of the practice and feedback from the clinician leads to consistent improvement. The LSVT program, developed in the early 1990’s, progresses from practice of single words to short phrases to functional … geography and insurance reimbursement can keep patients from enrolling in the demanding LSVT program. As it is the …
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Italian Doctor’s Love for Irish Music Inspires Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trial
June 25, 2012
… on the latest news in Parkinson’s disease research, live from the Movement Disorder Society International Congress in … (PD). As Dr. Volpe resumed playing, he noticed the man rise from his seat in the bar, and he began to dance – … one year to this week in Dublin. That initial nugget culled from a bar in County Clare has turned into positive results …