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Fox launches $40M study to find Parkinson's biomarkers

Disease groups have played an increasingly important role in drug development--financing some important discovery and clinical trial work--and the biomarkers field is seeing the same steadily Read more...

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Blood biomarker may yield simple early test for Parkinson's

Since 1817, when James Parkinson first described the disease in his "Essay on the Shaking Palsy," physicians have looked for the ideal diagnostic for Parkinson's disease, and over the last few years, Read more...

Suspected anti-Parkinson's gene spotted in 23andMe database

A genetic finding has triggered research that could lead to a new weapon against Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder in dire need of new therapies. And the discovery has come from a somewhat Read more...

Michael J. Fox: Parkinson's biomarker would 'blow the roof off' discoveries so far

Actor Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, gives us a pep talk in SignOn San Diego on the search for biomarkers--a search led by the foundation that bears his name. The Michael J. Read more...

Major push on for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's biomarkers

Chemical & Engineering News gives us some good news, for a change, about the possibilities of biomarkers moving from lab to clinic. The thing is, you have to look outside of cancer to find them. Read more...

Cleveland Clinic aids Michael J. Fox effort to find Parkinson's biomarkers

We have reported before (here and here) about a five-year study to find elusive biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. The $40 million Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) is sponsored by a Read more...

Large study could find elusive Parkinson's biomarkers

The San Diego Union-Tribune tells us about a large, $40 million, five-year study to find elusive biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative is sponsored by the Read more...

Fox makes plea for more support of open-source biomarker efforts

The Michael J. Fox Foundation has committed a significant amount of money to fund the work of the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative, a team effort aimed at finding biomarkers that can be Read more...

Fox launches $40M study to find Parkinson's biomarkers

Disease groups have played an increasingly important role in drug development--financing some important discovery and clinical trial work--and the biomarkers field is seeing the same steadily Read more...