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12/03/2007 Foundation Raises $5.5 Million at ‘Funny Thing’
The Michael J. Fox Foundation raised a stunning $5.5 million at its gala event, “A Funny (Groovy) Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s,” held Saturday, December 1, at the Sheraton New York.
11/18/2007 Watch Selected Video Clips from Andy Grove's Society for Neroscience Talk
Click here to see a few minutes of selected clips from Andy Grove's talk at the Society for Neuroscience, November 4, 2007.
11/14/2007 Michael J. Fox Foundation Gets It and Gets It Done
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research gets it. They have figured out just how many bottlenecks there are for getting good research out of academia and to the patient. And Fox is willing to put its money where it is needed to move along the drug development process.
11/12/2007 Michael J. Fox named to U.S. News & World Reports' America's Top Leaders 2007
Michael J. Fox has been named one of 18 "Top Leaders" in America for 2007 in an annual list compiled by U.S. News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.
11/11/2007 Andy Grove Calls for 'Cultural Revolution' in Biomedical Research
Andrew S. Grove, co-founder of computer chip company Intel, spoke at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience on Sunday, November 4, arguing that the biomedical research enterprise needs a “cultural revolution." Finding cures for disease, Mr. Grove said, will require different attitudes toward failed experiments, and a major rebalancing of research spending. Read a transcript of his talk here.
11/05/2007 Congratulations to our Team Fox NYC Marathoners!
MJFF congratulates our Team Fox members, who completed the ING NYC marathon on November 4.
11/01/2007 Team Fox Marathon Central!
If you're in or around the New York metropolitan area, we need your help on Sunday, November 4!
10/25/2007 Who's in Charge of Finding Cures?
Writing for Forbes.com, Michael J. Fox discusses how "disruptive philanthropy" can overturn the status quo to help cure Parkinson's and other diseases.
10/12/2007 Gates Charity Adds Fast-Track Grants
Chemical & Engineering News spoke to Katie Hood, interim CEO of The Michael J. Fox Foundation, about The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's new Grand Challenges Explorations program, which bears some structural similarities to MJFF's Rapid Response Innovation Awards initiative launched earlier this year.
06/20/2007 Michael J. Fox Statement on President Bush’s Veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act
Michael J. Fox issued a statement expressing disappointment at this third veto of Mr. Bush's presidency and announcing that he will form Cures and Hope USA, a non-partisan, pro-stem cell educational and political advocacy organization dedicated to building nationwide support for stem cell research.
06/20/2007 Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Statement in Response to the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act Veto
The Foundation issued a statement in response to the veto and to Michael J. Fox's announcement of his intent to establish a separate 501(c)4 organization, Cures and Hope USA.
05/23/2007 Meeting Summary: ISCTM / MJFF Satellite Meeting on Overcoming Barriers to Successful Demonstration of Therapeutic Disease Modification
Read a summary of "Overcoming Barriers to Successful Demonstration of Therapeutic Disease Modification," a two-day satellite meeting co-hosted by MJFF and the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) on February 21- 22, 2007. It attracted more than 130 key clinical trial players including academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotech companies and regulatory agencies.
05/12/2007 BIO 2007 Leaves Room for Lobbying
Prominent speakers including Michael J. Fox and Greg Simon, president of
Faster Cures, used the conference as a platform to push the biotech industry for quicker access to cures.
05/08/2007 Michael J. Fox's Keynote Address to the BIO International Convention
Michael J. Fox urged stakeholders in the drug development process to think strategically about speeding translation of basic science discoveries into patient-relevant disease treatments. Read a transcript of the speech and view selected clips of Mr. Fox at the podium.
05/08/2007 Fox: Take Risks in Fight Vs. Disease
By Jay Collins, Boston Herald
05/08/2007 Michael J. Fox Urges Researchers to Speed Therapies
The Associated Press reported Monday on Michael J. Fox's appeal to scientists and investors to aggressively translate scientific research into creative treatments for debilitating diseases, including the Parkinson's disease he has fought for more than a decade.
05/07/2007 Column by Michael J. Fox featured on Forbes.com
05/04/2007 Michael J. Fox One of the TIME 100 for 2007
Michael J. Fox is one of the "Heroes and Pioneers" included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the year.
05/04/2007 Michael J. Fox BIO Keynote to Urge Bolder Moves in Translational Research
Fox to address biotech leaders on strategy to speed drug development at industry's most important annual conference
04/25/2007 Michael J. Fox and TEAM FOX to Be Featured on The Rachael Ray Show Friday, April 27
04/09/2007 NJ Nets Sponsor Parkinson's Awareness Night this Friday, April 13
04/06/2007 MJFF Experiencing Phone Problems
03/21/2007 Location, Location, Location: Ceregene Bets on Better Delivery
01/26/2007 Why Nonprofits Fund For-Profit Companies Doing Drug Research
Science Journal by Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal
01/12/2007 Gene Test Might Spot Risk of Parkinson's Disease in Patients
In work
funded by The Michael J. Fox Foundation, scientists have identified a pattern of abnormal functioning in 22 genes that might someday be used in a test to spot people most at risk for Parkinson’s disease.
