On Feb. 22, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services issued the first āDraft National Plan to Address Alzheimerās Disease.” The plan is mandated by the National Alzheimerās Project Act (NAPA), bipartisan legislation signed into law in January 2011 by President Obama. NAPAās goals are to: Create and maintain an ...
February 24, 2012
Alzheimerās research for many years has been dominated by a focus on Abeta āplaques,ā a focus that largely has overlooked the other infamous hallmark of the diseaseāthe tau-based neurofibrillary ātangles.ā The research world recently has broadened its scope to include significant research into tau. Cure Alzheimerās Fund is actively supporting this ...
June 6, 2012
(Wellesley, MA) ā February 27, 2018 āCure Alzheimerās Fund, a non-profit dedicated to funding the most promising research to prevent, slow or reverse Alzheimerās disease, announced today that the organization distributed $15.7 million in research grants to scientists around the world in 2017. The Wellesley-based non-profit saw growth in research spending ...
February 27, 2018
This research will attempt to understand the following central cell biological questions: What is the sub-cellular site where AĪ² is secreted? Can the effects of AĪ² secretion on synapses be blocked by drugs? Preliminary data show that overproduction of either axonal or dendritic AĪ² reduces spine density and plasticity at dendrites close (~ ...
February 11, 2011
Charles Glabe of the University of California, Irvine and our Research Consortium and George Bloom of the University of Virginia have added significantly to the growing evidence of the link between the proteins Abeta and tau in initiating Alzheimerās disease. In a collaboration supported by Cure Alzheimerās Fund, the two ...
May 4, 2012
(October 29, 2012) (PRWEB) October 30, 2012 — The Brain Research Foundation (BRF) today announced that the 2012 recipients of the Frederic A. Gibbs Discovery Award will be Michael W. Ferro Jr. and David M. Holtzman, M.D. Michael W. Ferro Jr., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Merrick Ventures, LLC ...
October 31, 2012
A Token OfĀ is a locket jewelry company that sell lockets with meaning that are designed to be worn with intention. Each modernĀ French enamel locket represents a different virtue and charity.Ā When opened, the locket reveals a special picture you personally picked and we printed. The theme of our Locket Ring for Cure ...
October 23, 2019
A.J. JacobsĀ is a bestselling author whose books includeĀ The Year of Living Biblically,Ā The Know-It-AllĀ andĀ Drop Dead Healthy.Ā Jacobs is an NPR commentator and the editor at large at Esquire. He is also the founder of the Global Family Reunion, an event inspired by Jacobs’ discovery of online genealogy services and his own countless ...
July 3, 2014
Dr. Lee Schwamm, Vice-chairman of Neurology at MGH, led off the event acknowledging the exciting and breakthrough work Dr. Tanzi conducts at MGH. He was followed by Jim Thompson, Chief Development Office at MGH who thanked Cure Alzheimerās Fund for the partnership with the hospital and the great efforts we ...
October 6, 2009
Traditionally, the search for a drug requires a large quantity of starting material, heavy screening costs, and a complex and costly infrastructure that allows for several hundred thousand compounds to be screened. This research proposal intends to use a revolutionary approach to generate 24 million drug-like compounds that have the ...
January 10, 2019
