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MJFF in the News

Read current and past news articles about The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

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    AARP The Magazine, "The Kid is Alright"

    Michael J. Fox is featured on the cover of the April/May issue of AARP The Magazine to discuss his six strategies for "surviving adversity" and how he has felt empowered by the Parkinson's community.

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    The Hollywood Reporter, "Michael J. Fox Hopeful Trump Administration Will Support Funding for Parkinson's Research"

    Coverage of the Foundation's annual "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's" benefit gala.

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    Haute Living, "Michael J. Fox's Present and Future Focus is Fighting Parkinson's"

    In the November/December 2016 issue of Haute Living, Michael J. Fox discusses his long-standing acting career, his experiences living with Parkinson's in the public eye and the innovative work of the Foundation.

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    The New York Times, "Medical Charities Once Advised on Coping with a Disease. Now They Try to Cure It."

    The Foundation is listed as an example of a "large and established" research foundation dedicated to curing a specific disease, but also to investing in the development of biological tools.

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  • Logo for "Nature," the international weekly journal of science.

    Nature, "Perspective: Data sharing for discovery"

    Senior Vice President of Research Programs Mark Frasier, PhD, authored a commentary on the importance of data sharing to accelereate the current rate of drug development in Parkinson's disease.

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    Forbes, "Nike Stands In Michael J. Fox's Shoes"

    During the 2016 Nike Draw for the iconic self- lacing Mag shoe, Michael J. Fox discussed the Foundation's recent progress toward speeding a cure for Parkinson's disease.

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    Medical Marketing & Media, "The Michael J. Fox Foundation Uses Facebook to Recruit Ashkenazi Jews for Parkinson's Study"

    Sohini Chowdhury, senior vice president of research partnerships at MJFF, discusses the Foudation's Facebook ads program that helped cut cost and accelerate recruitment for the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) study.

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    Scientific American, "Promising Links Found Between Different Causes of Parkinson's"

    Marco Baptista, PhD, director of research programs at MFFF, comments on a recently published study that identified a potential mechanism behind different causes of Parkinson's disease.

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