Michael J Fox Foundation Launches New Parkinson's Support Tools and Biotech Funding Push
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Michael J Fox Foundation Launches New Parkinson's Support Tools and Biotech Funding Push
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Michael J Foxs world keeps spinning with fresh momentum in the fight against Parkinsons as his foundation drops major bombshells this week. On February 20 the Michael J Fox Foundation unveiled Facing Parkinsons Together a free digital guide for care partners from spouses to friends packed with practical tips emotional support and real stories to combat isolation amid the diseases grind. PR Newswire reports the launch highlights how partners log 31 hours of weekly care often upending jobs and lives with MJFFs Rachel Dolhun calling it love in action thats exhausting yet vital. This move cements Foxs legacy in patient support weighted heavy for biographers tracking his shift from Back to the Future star to research powerhouse.
That same day Drug Target Review revealed MJFF pumped 1.5 million into Lario Therapeutics to target CaV1.3 channels in Parkinsons biology a promising path to slow progression building on their prior 6 million grant. Its a biotech buzz underscoring Foxs hands-on funding thats funneled 2.5 billion total into trials and tools like the PPMI study tripling patient data for early detection per Time magazine.
Fox himself steals the spotlight in a Time feature reflecting on his 1991 diagnosis as an old folks plight he flipped into a gift that keeps taking predicting no Parkinsons in 30 to 40 years thanks to genetics breakthroughs and his noodge tactics wooing Wall Street egos. AOL echoes his bold cure forecast after raising 2 billion. And buzz builds for his BAFTA Film Awards appearance tomorrow February 22 where a YouTube short teases a standing ovation entrance straight crowd magic. No fresh public sightings or social posts pop in the last days but these foundation wins dominate headlines no speculation here all verified from MJFF press and top outlets. Fox stays the tough son of a bitch bully slayer eyes on eradication.
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