Back to the future star Michael J Fox launches big boost to Parkinson's research
A MAJOR study into the progression of Parkinson's disease is being launched by Back to the Future actor Michael J Fox.
The research is the first of its kind and will involve 400 people from five sites in Europe and 14 hospitals in the United States.
Patients in the earliest stages of Parkinson's - before they have started any treatment - will be enrolled to find key biomarkers for the disease.
Fox, who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's aged 30, said the research was important because "better treatments aren't going to fall from the sky".
Debi Brooks, co-founder of the Michael J Fox Foundation, said patients would be followed for three to five years and compared with healthy volunteers.
"The great thing is we don't have to wait until the end of the five years to start using the data," she said, adding that it would be made available to researchers through a publicly accessible website.
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