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Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards up to $3 Million to Industry Teams to Jumpstart Promising PD Drug Development
January 31, 2008
… NEWYORK, NY— As part of its ongoing efforts to do whatever it takes to speed delivery of transformative … shares the risk of drug development, thus helping to speed companies’ abilities to reach critical decision points for … process toward clinical trials and patients, competitive pressures and tough allocation decisions too often get in …
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My Research Journey: A Path to Discovery Through Genetics
August 7, 2025
… testing that she carried a LRRK2 variant — one of the most common genetic contributors to Parkinson’s that is … the biology of Parkinson’s through in-person clinic visits, scans and biosample collection. As a part of PPMI, … open to anyone age 18 or older with or without Parkinson’s, where participants contribute through regular surveys and …
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Utilization of Aptamers to Prevent Protein Aggregation in Parkinson’s Disease
… aggregation of a protein known as alpha-synuclein appears to play a critical role in Parkinson's disease. This project … ability to thwart alpha-synuclein aggregation . If these preliminary tests are promising, future work could explore … slow or halt disease progression. Anticipated Outcome: This project represents an important first …
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ASTRO: Tremors Respond to Radiosurgery Treatment
November 10, 2009
… and trigeminal neuralgia offers efficacy and safety that compare favorably with other treatment options, investigators reported here. Radiosurgery led to substantial … cranial nerve V entry root zone into the brain stem. The prescribed radiation dose ranged from 70 to 90 Gy …
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Foundation Restructures Staff to Better Serve Parkinson's Community
February 23, 2017
… The most common question I receive from our community is: "How close are we to achieving our goal?" It is perhaps the hardest question … clinical trials, contributing data through online portals and wearables, advocating for public policy that …
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Immunogenetic Determinants of Disease Risk in Parkinson’s Disease
… HLA and KIR. The central element of this project is to apply next generation sequencing methods and a validated … management of many of these diseases, we are still missing complete and coherent models of pathogenesis and as a … the same variants show association with multiple traits, whereas in other cases, the associations are mediated by …