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23andAli
At a Las Vegas gala celebrating Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday, we premièred the video “Give Us Your Hand,” featuring the boxing legend and his involvement with 23andMe’s Parkinson’s Disease Research...
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Parkinson’s Awareness Month
During Parkinson’s Awareness Month, we’ll be highlighting promising research and new findings in the fight against Parkinson’s. Along the way we hope to boost enrollment in 23andMe’s Parkinson’s...
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The State of the Science of Parkinson’s Research
Recently, Todd Sherer, CEO of The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), Brian Fiske, vice president of research programs at MJFF, and Emily Drabant, 23andMe’s research manager for its Parkinson’s...
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A Leader in Parkinson’s Research
If you were facing a daunting diagnosis you would want the news to come from someone like Dr. J. William Langston. Engaged and intelligent, he has the kind of optimism you don’t expect from a physician...
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Michael J. Fox, Our Big-Time Hero
Todd Sherer, CEO of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, with Michael J. Fox and Anne Wojcicki Michael J. Fox is a great actor, but his smiles and good humor during a visit to 23andMe headquarters in...
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Ride With Larry
Andrew Rubin and Ricardo Villarreal’s film Ride With Larry is about more than a guy with Parkinson’s pedaling across South Dakota. It’s about the singular idea that whatever life throws at you the best...
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23andMe and Parkinson’s: Past, Present, and Future
What Causes Parkinson’s Disease? The symptoms of Parkinson’s are thought to stem from a loss of dopamine-producing brain cells that normally control movement, but what causes these cells to die off in...
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Why Not Participate? One Patient’s Perspective
By Lauren Anderson For many, the decision to participate in genetic research is not a trivial one. But for Gary Schmitz, he didn’t think twice. “For me,” he says, “the question was why wouldn’t you...
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Another Hero in the Fight Against Parkinson’s
Another friend of 23andMe, Rich Clifford, the former NASA astronaut who has become a powerful voice for those with Parkinson’s, was recently featured on CNN. Always an inspiration, Rich spoke with...
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23andMe Reaches Parkinson’s Research Goal
We’re excited to announce that the 23andMe Parkinson’s Research Community has exceeded its goal, enrolling more than 10,000 people with the disease and creating the largest cohort of genotyped people...
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