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  "name": "The Michael J Fox Foundation For Parkinson S Research",
  "description": "The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. Their urgent goal is to eliminate Parkinson's disease in our lifetime.",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-08-09T00:02:30.195Z",
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    "website": "https://michaeljfox.org",
    "founded": "2000",
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      "General medical charity funding: Funding distributed across broader medical charities without a specific, aggressive focus on Parkinson's disease, potentially diluting resources and delaying a cure fo"
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