āThe pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.ā William Arthur Ward, noted writer/author Ā We all have to adjust or trim the sails of our lives at times, or we go aground. Ā āExperienced sailors pull and ease lines, move blocks, and tighten or loosen ...
October 7, 2024
After years of cycle touring, I have come across several cyclists (on the road and on the net) who decided to ride for a cause. They have all said that raising money for a charity is a way to give your trip a meaning, a purpose, something that will help ...
February 10, 2016
In an article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, David Holtzman, a member of the Cure Alzheimerās Fund Research Leadership Council, reported the discovery of a novel antibody against APOE called HAE-4 that reduced amyloid beta by half in a mouse model for Alzheimerās disease. APOE plays a critical role ...
October 25, 2018
Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) and Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) have introduced resolutions urging the United States Postal Service to issue a stamp to fund Alzheimerās disease research at the National Institutes of Health. The āsemipostalāĀ stamp would have its proceeds specifically directed for additional Alzheimerās disease research through the NIH. Ā In ...
July 20, 2011
When we first met with Dr. Rudy Tanzi to discuss Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, we asked him two things: Can you recruit a group of first-class Alzheimerās researchers to guide us in our investment in basic research into the causes of the disease? What is the most important first step we can take ...
February 19, 2008
The core research effort currently funded by Cure Alzheimerās Fund is the Alzheimer’s Genome Projectā¢ initiative. This project, entirely funded by Cure Alzheimerās Fund, is being led by Dr. Rudolph Tanzi at Massachusetts General Hospital. The objective is to identify all genes that contribute significant risk for Alzheimerās disease, thereby ...
August 20, 2009
Thank you to those who attended or watched the live stream of our annual symposium in October and for supporting our cause! If you missed it, you can watch it here. The 2017 symposium, āThe Role of Infection in Alzheimerās Disease,ā will feature Drs. Rudy Tanzi and Rob Moir from Harvard ...
May 6, 2016
This past June, 60 players and guests gathered at Ravenās Claw Golf Club in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, for the annual Bryn Mawr Rotary Club golf outing; Cure Alzheimerās Fund and two other organizations benefited from their day. Jeff Morby, co-founder of Cure Alzheimerās Fund and a Rotary member, spoke last June ...
October 16, 2015
Please join event co-chairs Lee and Allie Goldfarb and the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Young Professionals Group for a discussion about Alzheimer’s disease research withĀ Sam Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., a leader in the field. Come to enjoy a light dinner, learn about the disease, and ask Dr. Gandy your questions! Sam Gandy, M.D., ...
May 6, 2016
Dr. Rob Moir Researcher Dr. Rob Moir, a member of the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Oligomer Collaborative, and researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, presented research supported by Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in March to the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease/Parkinson’s Disease that points to evidence that the Abeta peptide, acknowledged to ...
April 7, 2009
