Alzheimer’s Charity Finds Success in Stuart, FL. A recent TC Palm article features the breakthrough work of the Alzheimer’s Genome Project and describes the origin of Cure Alzheimer’s Fund. By BY JAN LINDSEY Correspondent Wednesday, December 24, 2008 STUART — Philanthropist Phyllis Rappaport, a Stuart resident, knows how to pick ’em. The ...
December 29, 2008
Washington – In recognition of his groundbreaking genetic research and outstanding leadership and commitment to finding a cure and better treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. Rudolph Tanzi received the 2007 Ronald and Nancy Reagan Award at the Alzheimer’s Association’s National Gala this week. The Alzheimer’s Association presents the award at the ...
March 29, 2007
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund received spotlight attention in Naples, Fla., thanks to Dr. Rudy Tanzi, one of the nation’s top Alzheimer’s researchers and Cure Alzheimer’s Fund’s Research Consortium chairman. Tanzi spoke with WINK News to address the progress he’s made in his Alzheimer’s Genome Project™, a project that Cure Alzheimer’s Fund ...
April 10, 2012
In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), synaptic connections are lost early and in specific areas of the brain, including the hippocampus, where memory is formed and stored; however, what makes synapses vulnerable in AD and other neurodegenerative diseases remains elusive. In the healthy developing brain, synaptic loss (also known as synaptic pruning) ...
July 15, 2016
NBC Headline: IS TARGETING BRAIN INFLAMMATION THE KEY TO BEATING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? NBC features the groundbreaking work from the lab of Dr. Rudy Tanzi in this news article included on their website and on TV July 16, 2019. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/aging/targeting-brain-inflammation-key-beating-alzheimer-s-disease-n1014121 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/is-targeting-brain-inflammation-the-key-to-beating-alzheimer-s-63972421522
July 15, 2019
One America Charity Ride 3,200 Mile Update – April 25, 2017 When I last reported, I was just recovering from bruised ribs in Louisville. I am happy to report that I am now feeling much better in Confluence, PA. On the home stretch now. Some of you have asked if there would be a ...
April 27, 2018
A brief summary of important potential treatments and CAF’s related research. There has been a lot of attention over the last several years about vaccines and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The buildup of a protein in the brain, that our body normally produces, called “amyloid-beta” plays an important role in AD. ...
August 20, 2009
In two independent studies, several prominent scientists funded by Cure Alzheimer’s Fund including Rudy Tanzi, Rob Moir, and Sam Gandy, along with their colleagues, have demonstrated that viruses, and herpes in particular, are involved in Alzheimer’s disease. The herpes virus can influence the activity of many human genes—including several that ...
October 25, 2018
by Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. Two new genome studies from Europe have proposed three additional genes that may influence risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The gene findings are the result of a large consortium study conducted in Europe and add further support to the role of beta-amyloid in AD. While the ...
September 10, 2009
Distance Runner to Raise Awareness, Research Funding for Alzheimer’s on 3,300-Mile Journey from Oregon to Rhode Island Seaside, Oregon – Setting out on a 3,300-mile run from Seaside, Ore., to Westerly, R.I. to raise money and public awareness of Alzheimer’s disease, veteran distance runner and advocate Glenn Caffery compares the rigors ...
May 11, 2011
