On Oct. 10, leading researchers from the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Consortium, including Steve Wagner, Ph.D., Sangram S. Sisodia, Ph.D., and Chairman Rudy Tanzi, Ph.D., gathered in Boston to discuss the road map to therapies. David Shenk, author of the national bestseller The Forgetting, Alzheimer’s: Portrait of an Epidemic, moderated the ...
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With a simple at-home genetics test, some people are learning they have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s. Can they do anything to prevent the disease? By Sumathi Reddy Updated July 15, 2019 9:14 am ET When Theresa Braymer can’t remember a word or name, she sometimes second-guesses herself. At 59, she is young to ...
October 6, 2019
Supplemental Information for Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, was first described roughly one hundred years ago in Bavaria by Dr. Alois Alzheimer in his presentation of an early-onset (
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We collected your questions about Alzheimer’s from our fall symposium and social media and presented them to Dr. Rudy Tanzi, chairman of our Research Consortium. Watch the videos below! Q&A with Dr. Rudy Tanzi: Alzheimer’s & Genetics Video of Q&A with Dr. Rudy Tanzi: Alzheimer's & Genetics Part 1: Alzheimer’s and ...
April 17, 2014
In findings published on The Beacon, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund was selected among 11 charities for The Beacon’s 2016 Holiday Gift Guide. Beacon analysts obtained data from charitynavigator.org, where Cure Alzheimer’s Fund scores a perfect 100 points. As of December 2016, the nonprofit had distributed over $48 million to Alzheimer’s research. ...
December 8, 2016
Taconic Biosciences GMBH, a global provider of genetically modified mouse models and associated services, is providing customized mouse models (transgenic, conventional/conditional knock out, conventional/conditional knock in) for each specific gene and type of mutation that will be studied in the Genes to Therapies™ project.
April 21, 2015
There is debate about this. A panel of leading Alzheimer’s researchers has recommended new guidelines for earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), including the use of brain imaging. While most commentators have hailed this news, a few have raised concerns. One of the clearer expositions of this was a Forbes ...
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