The Parkinson’s & Brain Research Foundation has joined forces with the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) to enable federal government workers located anywhere in the world to more easily support this important scientific research.
The CFC allows federal employees to contribute to their favorite charities, which now includes the Parkinson’s and Brain Research Foundation, through automatic payroll deductions or one-time online giving. It is easy, it is convenient, and it makes a difference. The Parkinson’s & Brain Research Foundation takes seriously our commitment to efficiency, and our desire to assure you that …
95-98 cents of every dollar spent goes to research.
The advent of effective enzyme therapies for the visceral manifestations of Gaucher disease has stimulated renewed interest in both the basic science and therapeutics for the neuronopathic Gaucher disease variants, types 2 and 3. In numerous Scientific workshops, led by Dr. Tony Futerman and hosted by the PBRF, basic scientists discussed the mechanisms causing the brain disease in Gaucher disease. The discussion was vigorous and will lead to many interesting and important discoveries related to the neurologic involvement in Gaucher disease. Continue reading Development Plan FDA and EMA Approval→
Ted Meyer was six years old the first time he got involved in medical research, by donating a sample of bone marrow. He had just been diagnosed with Gaucher disease, and his parents hoped their son’s participation might help him and others with the potentially fatal inherited metabolic disorder.
Why would a Parkinson’s Researcher come to a Gaucher meeting?
I work on Parkinson’s disease which affects half a million Americans… including, Michael J Fox, Mohamed Ali, Janet Reno as well as Pope John Paul II. Gaucher’s disease, in contrast, affects between 5,000 and 10,000 Americans.
