hi all

On 2001/04/05, the mjff wrote:
>The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
>Awards $1.5 Million in Research Grants
>
>New York, N.Y. – April 5, 2001 – The Michael J. Fox
>Foundation for Parkinson’s Research announced today that it
>has awarded 15 grants totaling more than $1.5 million to
>researchers pursuing a cure for Parkinson’s disease.
>
>Parkinson’s disease, a chronic, degenerative neurological
>disorder that affects an estimated 1 million Americans,
>impairs the central nervous system causing difficulty with
>even the simplest of movements. Michael J. Fox established
>The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research in
>2000, after publicly disclosing in 1998 that he had been
>diagnosed with the disease seven years earlier.
>
>In keeping with its mission to expedite a cure for
>Parkinson’s, the Foundation implemented a rigorous,
>accelerated grant application review process for its initial
>round of research funding. The Foundation received nearly
>200 grant applications from scientists representing 20
>countries.
>
>“This initial round of research grant funding represents an
>exciting first-step in our Foundation’s active involvement
>in the search for a Parkinson’s cure. The overwhelming
>number of proposals that were submitted affirm our belief
>that promising research opportunities exist, merely awaiting
>much-deserved funding,” said Michael J. Fox, Founder. “The
>Foundation remains committed to supporting as much research
>as possible—and at that end we hope to make additional
>awards within the next few months.”
>
>The Foundation assembled a Grant Review Committee, comprised
>of 15 highly regarded scientists specializing in research
>areas relevant to Parkinson’s disease, to conduct its
>application review process. “The quality and variety of
>proposals we received was impressive,” said J. William
>Langston, M.D., Scientific Director of The Parkinson’s
>Institute and Chief Scientific Advisor to The Michael J. Fox
>Foundation. “This first round of grants dramatically
>demonstrates the breadth and depth of innovative research
>that can be encouraged with an efficient and rapid funding
>process. I have no doubt that the results of these studies
>will advance our goals of finding the cause, cure and better
>treatments for Parkinson’s disease.”
>
>Researchers awarded funding by The Michael J. Fox Foundation
>for Parkinson’s Research:
>
>M. Emborg, MD, PhD, Rush Univ., Chicago, IL
>M. Goldberg, PhD /J. Shen, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
>S. Kish, PhD, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
>R. Klein, PhD, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
>R. Mandel, PhD, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL
>G. Mardon, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
>E. Masliah, MD, Univ. of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
>J. Obeso, MD, Clinica Univ. de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
>A. Rubinstein, PhD, Zygogen LLc, Atlanta, GA
>M. Schwarzschild, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
>L. Studer, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York, NY
>C. Verfaillie, MD, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
>G. Zeevalk, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Piscataway, NJ
>R. Zhou, PhD, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
>M. Zigmond, PhD /R. Perez, PhD, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
>
>Research abstracts for these grants as well as biographies
>for each grantee can be viewed on the Foundation’s Web site:
>http://www.michaeljfox.org/  .
>
>The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research also
>announces it has already begun to work with the NIH and with
>other private foundations to develop plans for a joint
>funding initiative to support additional research in
>Parkinson’s disease.
>
>“The NINDS congratulates the Michael J. Fox Foundation for
>Parkinson’s Research on their efforts to support research
>that will help us understand how Parkinson’s disease
>destroys crucial parts of the brain and develop strategies
>to halt or reverse this degeneration,” said Audrey S. Penn,
>M.D., Acting Director of the National Institute of
>Neurological Disorders and Stroke. “Over the next few
>months, we look forward to working with the Foundation as
>they join others in a larger public-private partnership to
>leverage our strengths in research funding and raise
>awareness of the needs as well as the exciting scientific
>opportunities in this field.”
>
>The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research is
>dedicated to the fastest possible end to Parkinson’s
>disease. The Foundation has launched a strategic campaign to
>accelerate, expand and focus funding for the world’s best
>research targeting effective treatment and prevention of
>Parkinson’s disease. The Michael J. Fox Foundation pursues
>every avenue available to increase federal funding, as well
>as support an aggressive fundraising effort in both private
>and corporate arenas to ensure that this critical battle is
>won within the decade. For more information on The Michael
>J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, visit:
>http://www.michaeljfox.org/  .

i have one word
and one word only
for the mjff ffolk:

 y o w s a !


janet


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