A database of lysosomal proteins is already guiding researchers in studying how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work – or don’t – in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.
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The Stanford Health Library is hosting an in-person film screening and discussion about “Boys of Summer: Short Stop,” directed by Robert David Cochrane, on Tuesday, February 10, 5:30pm. The movie, released in 2020, follows Dan Cochrane, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in 2001, his son Robert, and Robert’s son Giuseppe in their summer travels. The film captures Dan’s community reach expanding while PD is closing in. If you haven’t seen the film or heard Robert speak in loving terms about his father, this is your chance! The conversation is sure to be full of laughter.
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Parkinson’s disease (PD), which affects movement, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which affects memory, seem like distinct conditions. Research reveals these brain disorders share biological patterns. In January 2026, The Michael J. Fox Foundation hosted a wide-ranging panel discussion exploring how Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and Lewy body dementia overlap, from symptoms to shared protein changes in the brain.
The panel included Dr. Melissa Armstrong, a movement disorder specialist who directs Lewy body dementia research at the University of Florida, Dr. Tom Tropea, chief medical officer at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders, and Fred Goldstein, who has cared for his father with Lewy body dementia and his mother with Alzheimer’s. Katie Kopil, senior vice president and head of clinical research at The Michael J. Fox Foundation, moderated.
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In December 2025, The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) hosted a panel discussion on stress and Parkinson’s disease (PD). The panel tackled how stress affects Parkinson’s symptoms and why stress happens. They explained the difference between acute stress (normal and temporary) and chronic stress (which causes real problems), and walked through the brain mechanisms that make symptoms worse when someone is stressed. Read our notes.
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Each year, around 90,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disease that can cause tremors and affect cognition. Scientists are working to identify some of the earliest signs of the disease, and to figure out how we might test for—and treat—Parkinson’s in the future.
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