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Date of Original Release: May 16, 2019
Date CME Credit No Longer Available: May 16, 2021 

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the roles of cellular DNA, RNA and proteins.
2. Understand how scientists sequence DNA, RNA and proteins and how they analyze that data to look for differences between people with and without Parkinson’s.
3. Summarize how finding differences in DNA, RNA and proteins in people with Parkinson’s may help better define, measure and treat the disease.
4. Discuss how robust data sets, such as from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), can help understand the connection between changes in DNA, RNA and proteins and the clinical experience of disease.

Target Audience
This educational activity is designed for primary care physicians, family practice physicians, general medicine physicians, geriatricians, general neurologists, movement disorder specialists and any other health care practitioners who manage patients with Parkinson's disease.

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Oakstone Publishing and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure
Oakstone Publishing has assessed conflict of interest with its faculty, authors, editors and any individuals who were in a position to control the content of this CME activity. Any identified relevant conflicts of interest were resolved for fair balance and scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity. Oakstone Publishing's planners, content reviewers, and editorial staff disclose no relevant commercial interests.

Faculty

Maggie Kuhl​
Research Communications, ​The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Nothing to disclose

Bradford Casey, PhD​
Research Programs, ​The Michael J. Fox Foundation
Nothing to disclose

David Craig, PhD​
Co-Director, Institute ​of Translational Genomics, ​University of Southern California​
Nothing to disclose

Samantha Hutten, PhD​
Research Partnerships, The Michael J. Fox Foundation​
Nothing to disclose

Kendall van Keuren-Jensen, PhD​
Professor of Neurogenomics, Translational Genomics Research Institute 
Nothing to disclose