Blood vessels supply our organs with oxygen and nutrients. Another set of vessels, called the lymphatic vessels, perform other very important roles in the maintenance of tissues as they remove all the waste and toxic compounds the organ produces and also serve as a path for immune cells from organs ...
July 5, 2016
Synapses, the point of contact and communication between two neurons, are susceptible to damage by a pathological protein cleavage byproduct of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) called amyloid beta that accumulates in the brains of individuals who have Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Specifically, synapses are removed, and the communication between the ...
November 5, 2020
September 24, 2017
Beth Stevens is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School in the FM Kirby Neurobiology Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and an institute member of the Broad Institute. Her research seeks to understand the mechanisms that regulate the development and elimination of synapses by focusing on how microglia and immune-related molecules ...
August 11, 2016
October 31, 2022
Richard Hurley Anthony, 88, of Willimantic and Fort Myers, FL., passed away peacefully on January 17, 2020 at Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers, FL. Richard, Dick as most knew him, was born in Willimantic to George and Ruth (Robarge) Anthony on December 12, 1931. He was a graduate ...
January 21, 2020
A message from race organizer Barbara Geiger: Who said planning a race would be easy? We knew it wouldn’t be. Between kids, husbands, games, work, dinner, homework, one cat and one dog; life was already chaotic enough. But we also know it will all be worth it. All the elements are falling into ...
March 11, 2010
By Tim Armour A spate of headlines recently dimmed hopes for a wonder drug to fight Alzheimer’s disease. We know that the existing drugs used to treat Alzheimer’s patients including Aircept, Numenda, and others provide only modest symptomatic relief but do not treat the root pathology of the disease. In a series ...
March 30, 2010
By Tim Armour Yesterday I discussed the scientific community’s profound disappointment in the failure of three different, high-profile Alzheimer’s drugs. But despite their inabilities to get at the root of this disease, they have played an important role in what will likely be the success stories of tomorrow. First, all of these ...
March 31, 2010
March 29, 1934 – April 14, 2022 It is with a heavy heart that we announce the peaceful passing of Catherine Elizabeth Hinds, at the age of 88 years old. Catherine was born a dreamer, with the sort of ambition that allowed her to make those dreams destiny for over 50 ...
May 24, 2022
