December 13, 2018
December 13, 2018
An innovative new public/private collaboration between Cure Alzheimer’s Fund and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) already has started to bear fruit. In May, NIMH announced it would invest $4 million into Cure Alzheimer’s Fund’s ambitious Whole Genome Sequencing Project (WGS), which will speedily map out the entire genome’s connections ...
July 18, 2013
Phyllis Rappaport, Founding Board Member A Founding Board member of Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, Phyllis chairs the board of the Jerome Lyle Rappaport Charitable Foundation, and is a director of New Boston Fund, Inc., a real estate investment company with $1.5 billion assets under management. Her diverse management career includes senior positions at ...
August 20, 2009
Dr. Rudolph Tanzi at Massachusetts General Hospital will lead a research project funded through a collaboration between Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (CAF) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to complete the identification of genes affecting risk for Alzheimer’s disease. The Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) process will go beyond previously ...
May 6, 2013
Above: Clip from the Still Alice film. Still Alice is a New York Times bestselling novel by author Lisa Genova. The book follows Alice Howland, a Harvard professor who is diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer’s disease. While Alice once placed her worth and identity in her celebrated and respected academic life, now ...
July 7, 2014
Earlier this week, President Obama signed a bill into law that includes $150,000 in federal funding to support our search for a cure! Submitted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 by Sens. John Kerry and Paul Kirk, and Rep. Ed Markey, the funding will support the Alzheimer’s Genome ...
December 31, 2009
High school students Anjali Chakradhar, Sathya Edamadaka and Emily Huang created this video about Cure Alzheimer’s Fund as part of 2015’s Project For Awesome campaign. We’re so thankful to them for helping to raise awareness about this important cause.
December 14, 2015
A new study, funded in part by Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, is shedding more light on amyloid beta’s (Aβ) impact on Alzheimer’s disease. If you regularly read our blog, you know that studies suggest that Aβ contributes to the early stages of Alzheimer’s (Aβ plays a key role in early synaptic failure ...
January 4, 2010
A new study, funded in part by Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, is shedding more light on amyloid beta’s (Aβ) impact on Alzheimer’s disease. If you regularly read our blog, you know that studies suggest that Aβ contributes to the early stages of Alzheimer’s (Aβ plays a key role in early synaptic failure ...
January 4, 2010
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