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Q-and-A with 23andMe Parkinson’s Community Lead
March 25, 2015
… the difference between genomic sequencing and what you get from the 23andMe spit test? PC: In whole genome sequencing … get involved? PC: For this study, we’ll be recruiting from the existing 23andMe Parkinson’s Community. We’re … chance of success, and those individuals will be invited from the existing database. That said, we encourage those …
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FDA Approves New Deep Brain Stimulation Device
June 16, 2015
… and essential tremor. The Brio Neurostimulation System from St. Jude Medical works in a similar way as the … that are not functioning properly. Small electrical pulses from a device similar to a cardiac pacemaker modulate the … Parkinson Foundation. He was the lead author of a paper from the multi-center study testing the Brio …
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Fuel the Future of PD Research: Maximizing Your Giving Strategy
March 11, 2025
… 1926 Year I would like to receive news and resources from the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Save my information for … Your Giving Strategy. Tune into an exclusive conversation from two leading estate planning attorneys from Saul Ewing, Jeryll Cohen, Esq., and Joi Morris, Esq., …
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Say What? Scientists Aim to Diagnose Parkinson’s by Recording and Analyzing Voices
December 10, 2012
… cautions that we are still likely several years away from widespread use of the technology. “While the data is … The speech samples evaluated here were all obtained from patients diagnosed with PD. We need to extend the … able to detect Parkinson’s with 99 percent accuracy, all from analysis of a 30-second phone call. Little’s …
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Brain Experts Descend on The Big Easy for World’s Largest Meeting on the Mind
October 11, 2012
… to present novel, unpublished study results, learn from colleagues’ feedback surrounding their work, and … science, Fiske says that he hopes to gain new perspective from his colleagues at SfN, and to bring new ideas back with … to do some learning of his own: “I think a great outcome from the conference would be to learn of a new drug target …
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Caregivers Are Impacted by Damaging Health Care Reform, Too
September 22, 2017
… for the Parkinson's community. According to a study from the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP , nearly … remember the exact moment she told me as we drove home from school -- it's a conversation I'll never forget. It … and I are concerned for what comes next. My mother moved from our home state of Alaska and now lives in Minnesota …