Major Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Research from MJFF

[Farooqji]

Webinar Details

Date:

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Duration:

1 hr

Time:

12:00 pm ET

michaeljfox.org/webinar/maj...

[LindaP50]

Hmmmm. Website shows not even a hint - states more details to come.

[Boscoejean in reply to LindaP50]

why so secretive

[LindaP50 in reply to Boscoejean]

for hype perhaps?

[alexask]

Is it high dose Vitamin B1 😂😂

[Zardoz]

The breakthrough: Levodopa now comes in assorted colors!

[Neurosmith in reply to Zardoz]

🤣

[LagLag37]

Thanks for the information! Sounds like exciting news.

What medical breakthrough happened in 1969? In 1969 levodopa (L-dopa) was hailed as a miracle drug that would cure parkinsonism.

I hope it’s something that’s already been through testing and trials. 🥊

[bassofspades]

Is that the chakra alignment study or the zodiac crystal healing one?

[Router_]

Just hope its not a biomarker / diagnostic test. Understand that those are also groundbreaking but of little help once you've got it 😀

[Zardoz in reply to Router_]

Turns out that it is a biomarker... "a highly accurate biological test for Parkinson’s disease."

[Zscaleplanet]

If this discovery were so "earth moving, sky parting, incredible", then it would have already have been announced. The fact that they are delaying the announcement and building the hype is once again just another so-called non-profit (for profit) move. I for one am really getting tired of it, and the endless MJFF dangling hope on a string just above our heads needs to end.

[Farooqji]

My guess: it's related to the findings in the following article

eurekalert.org/news-release...

[ParlePark in reply to Farooqji]

thanks Farooqji!

[SanMateoPD]

It looks like it's a biomarker for PD. michaeljfox.org/webinar/maj...

This could be quite useful if it has any of these properties:

1. detects people before they're symptomatic

2. it is scaled so you can use it to measure progression

One problem I have heard reference to is that the base rate of progression is so slow, that even if we find a useful way to slow it, it's nearly impossible to measure without huge sample sizes. If progression really is proportional to this test, we can re-evaluate all the procedures of unknown efficacy (B1, various diets, etc.) and firm up our evaluations. But like everything else, it probably varies a ton.

[SanMateoPD]

Also: this patent from Sackler-Bernstein has some interesting parts. Paragraph 31 starts an attempt at a summary of the molecular pathways involved. I haven't seen anything this good before. patents.google.com/patent/U...

[limcheeese22]

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