2018 Unrestrained inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS) precipitates and exacerbates a wide range of debilitating neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Our understanding of the mechanisms that regulate neuroinflammation is incomplete. Microglia perform two activities that are crucial to the regulation of neuroinflammation: 1) the inhibition of neurotoxic inflammatory ...
August 9, 2018
Stephen R. Salton, M.D., Ph.D., attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with magna cum laude honors in Biochemistry, completed the M.D./Ph.D. program at New York University School of Medicine, and following an internship and residency in internal medicine at Bellevue Hospital in New York, conducted postdoctoral research in molecular neuroendocrinology ...
August 9, 2018
Norman Charles Grimshaw of Glenview, IL, died peacefully on January 21, 2022. He was 86 years old. His wife of 62 years, Maryellen Shepler Grimshaw, preceded him in death in July of 2021. He is survived by his four children: David, Suellen, James, and Sally, their spouses, nine grandchildren, and ...
January 25, 2022
Dr. Marcora received his degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Pavia in Italy, his Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and conducted postdoctoral training at the California Institute of Technology. As a wetlab biologist, he investigated the role of transcription ...
January 26, 2022
Dr. Wasco’s current roles and responsibilities include the following: Assisting with managing all aspects of the research funding process, including recruiting principle investigators, matching of reviewers and projects, facilitating the review process and communicating results within the broader CureAlz community and Alzheimer’s disease scientific contexts. Being a resource for scientific questions that ...
February 6, 2024
Jacqueline Morby, co-founder of Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, talks about her personal commitment to fighting the disease and the bold approach Cure Alzheimer’s Fund is taking to find a cure.
November 24, 2015
On June 4, 2016, at the Harvard Business School Reunion, scientists, academics, philanthropists, caregivers and patients came together to discuss the future of Alzheimer’s research. Panel Participants: Henry F. McCance Founder & Co-Chairman, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D. Chair of Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Consortium Vice Chair, Neurology Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Massachusetts General ...
July 6, 2016
Music has long been believed, by diverse cultures across time, to be a source of healing; this is especially true for the system of Ragas in India. And while the notes themselves may not be able to cause healing to occur; it is the hope of “Ragas For Healing” that, through performances ...
March 3, 2022
LITTLETON — Brenda Mary Frances (née Dugard) Varrell, 80, of Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, joined her beloved husband David in eternal peace on August 2, 2016. Brenda bravely fought Alzheimer’s Disease and Epilepsy for many years. Brenda was born in London, England, July 21, 1936, the daughter of the late Frederick ...
August 4, 2016
Florent Ginhoux graduated in Biochemistry from the University Pierre et Marie CURIE (UPMC), Paris VI, obtained a Masters degree in Immunology from the Pasteur Institute in 2000 and his PhD in 2004 from UPMC, Paris VI. As a postdoctoral fellow, he joined the Laboratory of Miriam Merad in the Mount ...
October 16, 2024
