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Voices From the Network: How Open Science Practices Are Driving Research Forward

To celebrate Open Science Week, ASAP highlights how transparent collaboration and open data sharing are driving research forward across our network to accelerate Parkinson's discoveries.

September 16, 2026

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Voices From the Network: How Open Science Practices Are Driving Research Forward

Study Points to Genetic Variant in Over 25% of Ashkenazi Jews With Parkinson’s

The Jewish Chronicle highlights a Lancet study by Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2), a resource program of ASAP, which represents the largest-ever global assessment of Parkinson’s genetics across 11 ancestries and reveals that a specific variant is present in over 25% of Ashkenazi Jews with the condition.

September 6, 2026

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Expanding Our Research Horizons: 2026 CRN Investigators Meeting

In this blog, Hetal Shah, PhD, senior program officer, and Dana Lewis, PhD, program officer at ASAP and the Coalition for Aligning Science, discuss highlights from the 2026 CRN Annual Investigators Meeting, emphasizing how new research themes and cross-disciplinary collaboration are accelerating progress in Parkinson’s disease research.

September 2, 2026

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Hidden Gene in Middle East Populations Can Signal Parkinson’s Disease

The National highlights a Lancet study by the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2), a resource program of ASAP, revealing significant blind spots in addressing the needs of Middle Eastern populations, despite high regional rates of key genetic variants linked to Parkinson’s disease.

September 1, 2026

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Sparking Discoveries for Parkinson’s Research: CRN Impact Report 2025-2026

In this blog, ASAP shares an overview of the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) 2025–2026 Impact Report, highlighting key discoveries, cross-cutting scientific themes, field-enabling resources, and infrastructure efforts accelerating breakthroughs in Parkinson's disease research.

August 24, 2026

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CRN Impact Report 2025-2026

Parkinson’s Research Funders Lead the Way With Progressive Open Access and Open Science Policies

SPARC dives into how Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) and The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) are advancing Parkinson's research through open-access and open-science policies that mandate the early, public sharing of publications, data, protocols, and lab resources.

August 19, 2026

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More Than One in Four Ashkenazi Parkinson’s Patients Carry Genetic Risk Variant

The Jewish News reports on a study by the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2), a resource program of ASAP, showing the role genetics plays in Parkinson’s in Jewish patients and how they are well placed to benefit from emerging precision treatments.

August 14, 2026

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The End of the ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Parkinson’s Diagnosis: Why 2026 Is the Year Neurology Goes High-Resolution

In a commentary published in Bio-IT World, ASAP Managing Director Sonya Dumanis shares how Parkinson's disease diagnosis and treatment is shifting away from broad symptom management towards a precision medicine approach grounded in molecular profiling, novel biomarkers, and global data-sharing.

August 14, 2026

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ASAP Research Round-Up | Q2 2026

In this Q2 2026 edition of the ASAP Research Round-Up, we highlight how our programs produced resources for the scientific community, supported venues that facilitate collaboration, and provided new opportunities for researchers to accelerate discoveries in Parkinson’s research.

July 27, 2026

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