Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces Funding for the California Parkinson's Disease Registry Pilot Project

U.S. Newswire › March 20, 2006

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NEW YORK, March 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research today announced a two and a half- year grant of $200,000 to help fund the pilot portion of the California Parkinson's Disease Patient Registry. Additional funding has been provided by The National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

"The establishment of a patient registry may result in a standardized and complete data collection that has the potential to deepen our understanding of the causes of Parkinson's," said Deborah W. Brooks, president & CEO. "Such an effort could play a significant role in accelerating progress toward a cure."

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Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces Funding for the California Parkinson's Disease Registry Pilot Project

The three-year pilot project will be led by the Parkinson's Institute in collaboration with the California Department of Health Serv...

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