News and Events - MJFF Press Releases - The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

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12/14/2006 Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $1.5 Million under Community Fast Track 2006

13 national and local Parkinson's organizations take advantage of generous challenge grant in joining with Foundation to fund program

12/11/2006 Foundation Commits up to $10 Million for LEAPS 2007 Initiative

11/16/2006 Foundation Awards $2.3 Million to Develop Treatments for Dopamine-Non-Responsive Symptoms of PD

11/14/2006 Foundation Launches $2.8-Million Prescott Family Initiative at the Arizona Parkinson's Disease Consortium

Collaboration could lead to better understanding and earlier diagnosis of PD

11/02/2006 Marathoners Join Team Fox in the Race to Find A Cure for Parkinson's

10/12/2006 Foundation Launches Parkinson's Genetics Database PDGene

10/11/2006 Michael J. Fox Foundation and Elan Commit up to $2 Million to Drive Novel Therapies for Parkinson's

10/10/2006 Foundation Awards $1.9 Million to Support Ceregene Phase II Gene Therapy Clinical Trial

Funding follows on promising early results of Phase I trial

10/04/2006 Foundation Seeks Novel Drug Development Strategies for 2007 Target Validation Initiative

09/26/2006 Foundation Commits Up to $1 Million to Characterize Parkinson's Disease Subtypes

06/27/2006 Foundation Awards $2.6 Million for Development of Progressive Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease

06/06/2006 Foundation Awards $1.8 Million for Translational Research under 2006 Target Validation Initiative

04/27/2006 Seven Clinical Studies to Receive $3.7 Million under Foundation's 2006 Clinical Discovery Program

04/26/2006 Team Fox Raises Awareness and Funds for Parkinson's Research

04/10/2006 Foundation Launches $5 Million Industry-focused Therapeutics Development Initiative

03/30/2006 Michael J. Fox Foundation Seeks Innovative Scientific Approaches for 2006 Community Fast Track Program

Foundation Reaches Out to Parkinson's Community to Support $2 Million Effort

03/20/2006 Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces Funding for California Parkinson's Disease Registry Pilot Project

Stakeholders'? Meeting to be Held on March 28th in Oakland, California

03/13/2006 Foundation to Award Up To $2 Million to Address Dopamine-non-responsive Symptoms of PD

These symptoms, which include cognitive dysfunction, sleep disorders, depression, fatigue, constipation, pain, and gait and postural problems, significantly detract from patients' quality of life and ability to carry out day-to-day activities.

02/21/2006 Foundation Awards $1.9 Million through Community Fast Track 2005

12 national and local Parkinson's groups join The Michael J. Fox

02/17/2006 Eugene Johnson, PhD, to Serve as MJFF Chief Scientific Advisor

02/13/2006 Foundation to Provide Up to $3.1 Million for Development of New Therapy to Stop Parkinson's Progression

01/05/2006 Foundation to Provide Up to $4.2 Million for Development of Regulatable Gene Therapy Vector

"RheoSwitch(R) Therapeutic System" Broadly Applicable to Gene Therapy