Arizona State University has been named the world’s most innovative institute for higher education seven times, and that innovation is being awarded with several new research grants. ASU was awarded three research grants totaling $5.2 million from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to explore new treatments for the disease, a chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain cells that control muscle movement. Approximately 6 million people in the world live with the disease, with at least 1 million currently living with it in the U.S. alone.
By 2040, the disease is expected to affect 14 million individuals worldwide. The number of people with Parkinson’s is greater than those living with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and ALS combined, according to a news release from the university.
Research will be led by Principal Investigator Jeffrey Kordower, founding director of the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center and The Charlene and J. Orin Edson Distinguished Director at the Biodesign Institute at ASU.
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