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Podcast: PPMI Preliminary Research Begins to Provide Clues in Biomarker Search

Podcast: PPMI Preliminary Research Begins to Provide Clues in Biomarker Search

This spring, the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) finished enrolling 600 individuals (400 newly diagnosed Parkinson’s patients and 200 controls) whose blood, spinal fluid, urine and brain images are already beginning to provide scientists with key insights into the search for a biomarker for PD.

In this podcast, MJFF Contributing Editor Dave Iverson speaks with the Foundation’s Vice President of Research Programs Mark Frasier, PhD, to learn more about some of the early findings from the study. 

Following the successful recruitment of the original study, PPMI is now expanding.

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