This year , our intrepid founder was featured in numerous press stories highlighting his unrelenting optimism and bold vision to cure Parkinson ’ s .
patients ’ lives led to a watershed year . In his article “ Michael J . Fox and Sergey Brin Take Their Push for a Parkinson ’ s Cure to the Next Level ,” award-winning health and science Bloomberg journalist Robert Langreth highlighted the Foundation ’ s , and Michael ’ s , transformative role in global Parkinson ’ s research .
“ His foundation aimed to give out grants faster and with less paperwork than government funders while forcing scientists , who can be highly competitive , to share data . It focused on blue-sky research but also funded applied science that could lead to drugs and diagnostics , including eventually providing money directly to companies ,” wrote Langreth .
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