One key pillar of The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s research strategy is a focus on “de-risking" potential treatments for Parkinson’s disease. This episode of our award-winning “Parkinson’s Science POV” series explains how lowering the risk associated with developing new therapies leads to a more robust pipeline of treatments. The episode details several recent successes of the strategy. 

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Our landmark study is examining the link between smell loss and risk for Parkinson’s disease in people of all backgrounds. If you’re age 60 or older and do not have Parkinson’s, you can help move this research forward by taking a free scratch-and-sniff test. Get yours today at mysmelltest.org/request.