The Michael J. Fox Foundation
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Business model
The organization funds grants directly to scientists it assesses as having the best chance of finding a cure.[1] It maintains closer control over and supervision of projects than is typical from other medical-research foundations.[1][2]
Fundraising
In 2006 it was the "largest private funder of research" into Parkinson's, according to The Guardian.[3] since 2023[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., it had raised $2 billion for Parkinson's research projects.[4][1] According to Town and Country, in 2022 the organization funded more Parkinson's research than the US government.[1] According to Fox Business, it is the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson's research in the world.[5]
Work
In 2023, a longitudinal study funded by the organization, the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative, released results in Lancet Neurology showing Parkinson's can be detected by the presence of a biomarker protein, abnormal alpha-synuclein.[1][6][7][8] The biomarker can be detected before the onset of symptoms.[9]
The organization hosts the Fox Trial Finder, a website for presenting clinical trials in Parkinson's disease research.[10]
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