05/06/2009 'Incurable Optimist' Michael J. Fox Talks to Dr. Holly Andersen
Reporting for WowOwow (Women on the Web), MJFF Board member Holly S. Andersen, MD, talked one-on-one with Michael J. Fox about his recent book, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, upcoming projects and his enduring power as he struggles with Parkinson’s disease.
MJFF provides analysis of recent papers on genes and disease, and discusses implications for ongoing research into the genetics of Parkinson’s disease.
04/06/2009 Parkinson's Awareness Month: Tonic.com Puts the Spotlight on Parkinson's and MJFF
April is Parkinson's Awareness Month and The Michael J. Fox Foundation has teamed up with Tonic.com to make sure that the powerful, inspirational stories of people living with Parkinson’s are told and that readers can learn the facts about PD.
03/26/2009 News in Context: Spinal Shocks and Parkinson's Disease
Read an MJFF News in Context on recent news from researchers at Duke University that by electrically stimulating the spinal cords of rodents, they have reversed some of the worst symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
MJFF CEO Katie Hood blogs about MJFF's role in the 23andMe Parkinson's Disease Community announced this week -- and why MJFF is excited about the opportunities the Internet could present for changing the way biomedical research gets done.
03/10/2009 Read Katie Hood's Latest Huffington Post Blog: Thank You, Mr. President
MJFF CEO Katie Hood blogs about being present in the East Room as President Obama signed the historic executive order lifting former restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
03/09/2009 MJFF grant application system will be unavailable weekend of March 27.
Because of needed maintenance to the external server that processes online applications to The Michael J. Fox Foundation, our online grant application system will be unavailable from 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28, to 4 a.m. Sunday, March 29 (all times U.S. ET).
03/02/2009 Official Team Fox Blog Is Live!
For Team Fox news, discussions, event information, videos and more, visit the Team Fox blog.
02/20/2009 Mr. President, the Science Is Waiting
At her Huffington Post blog, MJFF CEO Katie Hood urges President Obama to fulfill his campaign commitment to overturn Bush-era policy on stem cell research.
02/10/2009 Video of MJFF Virtual Research Roundtable Now Available
On Monday, February 9, The Michael J. Fox Foundation Webcast the first of three Virtual Research Roundtables for 2009. Video of the event is now available -- hear from our expert panel on Parkinson’s disease and the state of research toward a cure.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation spoke to Raymond T. Bartus, PhD, executive vice president and chief scientific officer of Ceregene, Inc., about the news that Ceregene’s Phase 2 clinical trial of CERE-120 (the company’s gene therapy approach to deliver trophic factor neurturin to the brains of Parkinson’s patients) failed to show a difference between treatment and placebo.
01/23/2009 Katie Hood Blogs at HuffPost: As the Biotech Bubble Pops...
For decades, we all have counted on the private sector to drive progress toward new drugs and treatments for disease. In an era of change, we may need to reconsider a more deliberate role for the public sector in driving discovery into development, and potentially through the first stages of what has been traditionally viewed as 'commercial' development.
