Ep. 14–Brian Fiske & Jeff Kelly: Accelerating Discoveries to Treat Neurodegenerative Disease

28/05/2019 18 min

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Episode Synopsis

Dr. Brian Fiske is the Senior Vice President for Research Programs at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease. Professor Jeff Kelly is in the Department of Chemistry at Scripps Research. Listen as we talk about biomarkers for early disease detection, the importance of long-term human trials, and how Parkinson’s disease could originate in the gut.

Show notes:

Dr. Fiske’s bio at MJFF

https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/leaders.html?subcatid=381

Prof. Kelly’s bio at Scripps Research

https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/kelly/

Coverage of FDA approval of Tafamidis

https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2019/20190506-fda-approved-tafamidis.html

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-treatments-heart-disease-caused-serious-rare-disease-transthyretin-mediated

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