12/27/2005 Parkinson's Organizations Join to Fund Registry in Nebraska
11/28/2005 Foundation Announces Funding for Ceregene, Inc. Phase 1 Gene Therapy Clinical Trial
11/19/2005 Research Roundtable Kicks Off Funny Thing '05
11/19/2005 'Funny Thing' Raises Nearly $4 Million for Parkinson's Research
The Michael J. Fox Foundation raised nearly $4 million at the fifth installment of its gala event, 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's, on Saturday, November 19, 2005.
11/14/2005 Michael J. Fox Foundation to Fund Progressive Predictive Animal Models of Parkinson's
11/09/2005 Michael J. Fox Foundation Launches Drug Discovery and Development Initiative
10/03/2005 Foundation Earmarks Up to $3 Million for Clinical Research
09/19/2005 Golfers Tee Up for Parkinson's
09/12/2005 Research Study Provides First Whole Genome Map of Genetic Variability in Parkinson's Disease
Findings Highlight 12 Potential "Susceptibility" Genes
08/10/2005 The Cure Parkinson's Trust Makes Major Contribution
Foundation Continues to Lead Efforts to Improve Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease and Accelerate the Development of Treatments to Slow or Stop the Disease
06/30/2005 Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards Approximately $2 Million for Four Parkinson's Clinical Studies
Low Awareness Seen as Major Barrier to Clinical Trial Participation
Foundation Reaches Out to Parkinson's Community to Support $2 Million Effort
05/04/2005 Inaugural Sunny Thing Benefit Raises $6.4 Million
04/19/2005 Four Leading Brain Philanthropies Announce Pioneering Collaboration
2005 Awards to Focus on New Technologies to Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier and to Target Specific Regions in the Brain
04/16/2005 11th Annual Parkinson's Unity Walk
03/31/2005 Acting With Intent
Michael J. Fox's charity aims to cure Parkinson's disease
The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently ran a lengthy story about the Foundation, focusing mostly on Michael J. Fox and why he started the Foundation, as well as the impact we've had on the field so far. A companion piece talks about the Foundation's leadership in funding for stem cell research.
03/07/2005 Michael J. Fox Foundation Commits $10 Million for Second LEAPS Program
02/26/2005 Betting on a Cause and a Cure
02/07/2005 Michael J. Fox Catches Up With Jane Pauley in an Exclusive Interview on ''The Jane Pauley Show''
Michael J. Fox, Board member Morton Kondracke and his daughters Alex and Andrea, and MJFF chief scientific advisor J. William Langston, MD appeared on the Jane Pauley Show on February 7. The segment focused on the upcoming made-for-TV movie "Saving Milly", which is slated to air in March. In addition, Michael J. Fox talked about his experience with Parkinson's and Dr. Langston discussed new developments in the field.
01/07/2005 New Test May Detect Parkinson's Early, Aid Search for Drugs
The results of a study conducted by Pfizer indicate that it may be possible to detect Parkinson's using a simple speech test.
