Immune Cells May Lead to More Parkinson’s Cases in Men
New research from Team Sulzer reveals how a protein in brain cells may drive Parkinson’s onset—and offers a possible explanation for why Parkinson’s is much more common in men.
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Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s and The Michael J. Fox Foundation Expand Global Research Initiative with $261M Investment Toward Personalized Treatments
April 28, 2026
ASAP and MJFF announced $261 million in new grant funding for the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) to map the biological blueprint of Parkinson’s disease and build a standardized toolkit of global research resources that are needed to turn discoveries into treatments.
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Study Adds to Evidence That Parkinson’s Starts in the Gut
This story reports on new findings from Team Sulzer that indicates that PD begins in the gut and that what triggers initial gastrointestinal changes in Parkinson’s could be a misdirected immune attack.
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Parkinson’s Disease: Essential Role in Neuroinflammation Found for a Subset of Brain Macrophages
Team Sulzer used a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease to show that border-associated macrophages — not microglia — mediate the neuroinflammatory response in the brain.
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