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    Michael J. Fox Honored with Elevate Prize Catalyst Award for His Dedication and Leadership to Parkinson’s Research and Advocacy

    NEW YORK (September 20, 2023) — The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) congratulates founder Michael J. Fox as the recipient of the 2023 Elevate Prize Catalyst Award conferred…
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    Global Consortium Identifies Novel Parkinson’s Genetic Risk Factor in African Populations

    Cross-cohort analysis found novel variant in GBA1 gene associated with higher risk of Parkinson’s in people of African ancestry Finding is from Nigerian and U.S. cohorts contributing to the Global…
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    Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces Significant Breakthrough in Search for Parkinson's Biomarker

    New paper in The Lancet Neurology confirms that a key Parkinson’s pathology can now be identified by examining spinal fluid from living patients Test validated in the gold-standard Parkinson’s…
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    The Michael J. Fox Foundation Partners with Canadian Parkinson’s Community to Expand International Landmark Parkinson's Study

    The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s landmark Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) study expands recruitment to Canada to help speed cures and disease prevention Canadians recently…
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    Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Announces Promising Results, Next Steps for “Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition”

    Competition funded by Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin spurred a scientific race to develop an imaging tracer to visualize the key protein alpha-synuclein in the living brains of people with…
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    Early Trial Results Give Hope for a New Potential Dyskinesia Treatment for People with Parkinson’s

    Positive results suggest NLX-112 is safe and efficacious for people with Parkinson’s with levodopa-induced dyskinesias These challenging involuntary movements have been identified as a priority…
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    Study of Parkinson’s Disease Genetics in Black and African American Populations Expands with Two Additional Sites

    Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) study builds to six sites with the inclusion of Louisiana State University and University of Florida   …
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