Research
RESEARCH NEWS BRIEFS
Fall / Winter 2016
Parkinson ’ s Research Leaders Outline Roadmap to Personalized Medicine
In the August issue of the journal Personalized Medicine , leaders from the Foundation and our founding scientific advisor J . William Langston , MD , laid out a plan to move Parkinson ’ s treatment closer to what ’ s seen for cancer : therapy tailored to one ’ s own biology . We may be able to advance so-called personalized medicine faster if more studies and trials shared data for other scientists to make discoveries and replicate findings , the authors wrote . Read the other tenets of their roadmap at michaeljfox . org / personalizedmed .
Fox Trial Finder Adds Atypical Parkinsonism Studies
This summer , The Michael J . Fox Foundation expanded Fox Trial Finder , our online clinical trial matching tool , to include studies on neurodegenerative atypical parkinsonisms . These conditions — corticobasal degeneration , dementia with Lewy bodies , multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy — have many of the same symptoms as Parkinson ’ s . Studying atypical parkinsonisms will not only deepen understanding of these specific diseases , but also could potentially advance research toward finding diagnostic biomarkers and improved therapies for PD . Learn more at foxtrialfinder . org / atypical .
Alaska and Louisiana Expand Telemedicine Services
This summer , the governors of Alaska and Louisiana signed legislation that expands telemedicine — the remote delivery of health care services using technology , such as seeing a doctor through a webcam or speaking with them over the phone . This approach has the potential to expand health services to people with Parkinson ’ s who have limited mobility or restricted access to a movement disorder specialist . Parkinson ’ s patients organized to support both bills earlier in 2016 . Learn more about the Foundation ’ s policy work at michaeljfox . org / policy .
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