Foundation Updates

Read expert commentary, insights and general announcements on how the Foundation is paving the way for Parkinson's research.

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'No Two People with Parkinson's Are the Same': The Promise of Precision Medicine

July 19, 2018

Precision medicine has the potential to help everyone with Parkinson's by tailoring treatments based on each person's unique disease.

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Foundation Mourns Passing of Parkinson's Treatment Pioneer

July 2, 2018

Dr. Arvid Carlsson -- who linked Parkinson's disease to dopamine loss and discovered the effects of levodopa treatment -- has died.

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Ask the PhD: Spring 2018 Funded Parkinson's Projects

June 27, 2018

In the first video in our new series, MJFF's Dr. Mark Frasier discusses innovative Parkinson's research projects chosen through our biannual funding round.

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Summit Outlines Needs to Advance Parkinson's Cures

June 20, 2018

The Michael J. Fox Foundation gathered leaders from industry, academia, non-profits and government to discuss the way forward in Parkinson's drug trials.

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Another Motor Symptom Therapy under FDA Review

June 12, 2018

The FDA will review and decide whether to approve the therapy for market.

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A Note from Our CEO: How Genetic Research Illuminates the Path to Cures

May 31, 2018

At MJFF, we are investing tens of millions of dollars in genetic research. But how does a genetic finding become a direction to a new treatment?

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Collaboration with Verily Aims to Deepen Parkinson's Understanding through Digital Health Tools

May 9, 2018

The Michael J. Fox Foundation and Verily are outfitting more than 800 study participants with wearable devices to better understand and track disease to add a new dimension of health data to the PPMI.

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