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BTIG 10th Annual Commission for Charity Day Raised Funds for MJFF

April 23, 2012

On April 18th, Michael J. Fox participated in the 10th Annual Commission for Charity Day with BTIG, a global financial services firm.

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The Economist Highlights MJFF Partnership with Sanofi

April 19, 2012

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research announced a partnership with Pharmaceutical Company Sanofi to develop treatment for PD cognitive impairment.

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Two Heroes, Thousands of Miles Apart, Step Up for PPMI

April 19, 2012

This guest post comes to us from Foundation friend, Karen Jaffe, MD. Karen is an OB/GYN in Cleveland, Ohio, and a member of MJFF's Patient Council. She and her husband are both Team Fox members.

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Cognition-Targeted Research Catches On

April 19, 2012

Cognitive dysfunction is a troublesome reality for many people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Symptoms can range from slowness of thinking or difficulty organizing and sequencing one’s thoughts

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Seminar Call Series in Hot Topics Event: Disease Modifying Therapies and Biomarkers

April 17, 2012

This call brings together the Parkinson's community to discuss why it is important to develop disease-modifying therapies.

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A Personal Investment in PPMI

April 16, 2012

The road to diagnosis for Denise Dvorak was a long one. But once she finally found out that the symptoms she was experiencing were Parkinson's disease, she set out to learn more about her…

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Building a Bridge Across a Yawning Gap

April 13, 2012

NIH head Francis Collins, who provided colorful illustrations for how to accelerate translational research in drug development, to bring novel drugs to the people that need them, faster.

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