MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ–(Marketwired – July 14, 2014) – DiamiR, LLC, a molecular diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative tests for detection and monitoring of neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, announced today the award of a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF). The grant will support a validation study of brain-enriched microRNA biomarker pairs for detection of Parkinson’s disease using plasma samples of Parkinson’s patients and age-matched controls from the BioFIND clinical study, sponsored by MJFF and supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Further information can be found at: https://www.michaeljfox.org/foundation/grant-detail.php?grant_id=1347