The National Parkinson Foundation has joined 23andMe, a personal genetics company, in recruiting 10,000 Persons with Parkinson’s disease for an Innovative Web-Based Research Project.
The partnership between NPF and 23andMe will allow up to 10,000 people with Parkinson’s to receive a reduced rate of membership to the Personal Genome Service. The reduced rate of $25 is only for people who have been diagnosed by a physician, but we encourage non-patients to spread the word to people with PD. This discount is due to the generous support of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
The goal is to use the genetic information of those with Parkinson’s to enhance our understanding of the disease and accelerate new discoveries and therapeutic breakthroughs. We encourage you to visit the 23andMe web site to learn more about their project
If you are a person with Parkinson's disease and decide that you would like to participate in this innovative research project, click on the link below and fill out the online form to request a code to use to access the $25 price.