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    MJFF Awards AFFiRiS $1.5 Million for the Clinical Development of the First Parkinson's Disease Vaccine

    NEW YORK, USA AND VIENNA, AUSTRIA–The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) today announced that it has awarded $1.5 million to AFFiRiS AG, a Vienna, Austria-based biotech company, for a clinical study of…
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    MJFF Awardee Builds on Foundation Funding to Land $8 Million Follow-on Award from NINDS

    Last week, Banner Sun Health Research Institute (BSHRI) and Mayo Clinic Arizona announced an $8 million, five-year grant from The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to…
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    Vanderbilt-MJFF Partnership Yields Drug-Like Molecules Aimed at Improving Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

    Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have achieved a milestone in the development of a potential new treatment for Parkinson’s disease that may improve on some of the limitations of…
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    Addex Moving Forward with Phase II Study to Reduce Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia

    Addex Pharmaceuticals is moving forward with a Phase IIa study evaluating the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) negative allosteric modulator, called dipraglurant (ADX48621), in reducing…
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    The Michael J. Fox Foundation Launches LRRK2 Cohort Consortium

    The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) launched the LRRK2 Cohort Consortium, a group of eight separate groups funded by MJFF to assemble and study groups of people with and without Parkinson’s disease …
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    Back for the Future: Nike Partners with The Michael J. Fox Foundation and Original Film Creators to Pursue a Future without Parkinson's Disease

    BEAVERTON, Ore.– Nike today announced that 1500 pairs of the mythical 2011 Nike MAG shoes will be auctioned on eBay, Nikemag.eBay.com, with all net proceeds going directly to The Michael J. Fox…
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    MJFF-funded Global Effort Highlights Greater Impact of LRRK2 in PD Research

    New data suggests that LRRK2, the greatest known genetic contributor to Parkinson’s disease (PD), plays a role in the disease-causing mechanism of a larger percentage of people with PD than was…
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