… This move empowers the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) to build a population-based database that can track health and demographic information about the 21,000 people … understanding of links between Parkinson’s and environmental risk factors such as chemical exposure and military …

… J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and five life sciences companies today … T he Foundation for the National Institutes of Health will manage the project.  The first phase of the … "The Michael J. Fox Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, industry partners and thousands of research …

… work, both behavioral and neuropathological indices of CNS health were maintained in progranulin pretreated models when … the Parkinsonism inducing agent MPTP. Objectives for Supplemental Investigation: Here we propose to test the more … assess both behavioral and neuropathological indices of CNS health in pre-clinical models in which we will induce a …

… that interact with the surrounding cells, restoring tissue health and allowing cells to regenerate. With these … of mesenchymal stem cells taken from the bone marrow of a healthy donor will significantly slow the progression of PD … stem cells can stop the disease process and thus restore health to the brain microenvironment.  By ending the …

… — a non-neuronal type of helper cell that supports the health and activity of neurons — may play a significant role … neurons of oligodendrocytes and explore the health of these cells individually and how they interact …

… Study Rationale:  The Parkinson’s Disease-Health Index (PD-HI) is a novel, disease specific … clinical trials to track clinically meaningful changes in health in response to therapeutic intervention in … PD-HI to measure small but clinically relevant changes in health in response to therapeutic intervention. Next Steps …