Photo : Elena Olivo
FEB | 2017
GBA THERAPY ENTERS CLINICAL TESTING
OCT | 2016
NIKE BRINGS POP CULTURE HISTORY TO LIFE : PART II
The limited-edition release of 88 pairs of the first self-lacing Nike Mag shoe is available through $ 10 tickets to an eight-day online draw , with the 89th pair auctioned to the highest bidder at the Foundation ’ s benefit gala . The event raises $ 6.75 million , bringing total proceeds from the Nike Mag shoes to more than $ 16 million benefiting the Foundation .
Pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Genzyme starts recruiting people with Parkinson ’ s and a GBA gene mutation for trials of a drug working on the GBA pathway . Scientists call this a “ precision medicine ” therapy , because they precisely target and treat individuals with specific gene mutations . Research undertaken with the help of mutation carriers provides tremendous insight into cellular function in everyone with the disease , offering clues researchers follow from genes to other dysfunction we may be able to target .
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