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Honoring Our Many Scientific and Strategic Advisors
June 2, 2014
… of our SAB, it’s important to note that MJFF seeks advice from a massive network of investigators around the globe: … year we welcomed more than 700 participants, including 130 from outside the US, to over 45 meetings to discuss results, …
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Team Fox Mentor Profile: Alison Urkowitz
April 2, 2014
… Posing for Parkinson’s! Having seen Team Fox’s growth from inception in 2006 to its current size of 1,600 annual … to be involved in the fight for a cure, “ Alison says. From participating in research roundtables and clinical …
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Elementary School Students Raise Over $3,900 in Annual Spelling Bee
April 15, 2014
… to study, as well as pledge sheets to solicit donations from family and friends for each word spelled correctly. … then qualified for a live spelling bee. The ten finalists from each spelling bee (K-1 and 2nd-3rd) then competed in …
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To Inform or Not to Inform? That Is the Question for Genetics Researchers
August 5, 2014
… the greatest known genetic contributor to PD. Investigators from The Michael J. Fox Foundation-sponsored LRRK2 Cohort … between a mutation and disease onset; estimates range from 24 to 80 percent. LRRK2 Cohort Consortium sites in the …
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Speaking up When Your Voice Seems Lost
February 24, 2017
… share how people with PD can influence public policy from their own homes . In our experience, most people … Parkinson's research when we heard a barely audible voice from the back. AJ stopped and asked the person who spoke to …
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MJFF Sends Letter in Support of Telemedicine
June 20, 2016
… disease. Read the letter below. Feedback gathered from the MJFF community throughout the first half of the … is a worthy endeavor. Many people with Parkinson’s benefit from seeing a movement disorder specialist — a physician …