Cure Alzheimer’s Fund has been awarded the highest rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency by Charity Navigator, the country’s largest and most-utilized independent evaluator of charities. For the second consecutive year, Charity Navigator has awarded Cure Alzheimer’s Fund an “exceptional” rating of four stars out of ...
February 4, 2013
“I’m trying to keep this ship afloat. I’m trying not to lose hope,” are the opening lyrics to “Level Best,” a song co-written by Mila Maring-Sims, caregiver for her husband Kelley, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2014. “As members of several bluegrass bands, my husband and I ...
March 14, 2017
There has been a great deal of news surrounding the research implicating gum disease in contributing to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. It is through the lens of the antimicrobial approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease that the latest study suggesting that periodontal bacteria can play a role in Alzheimer’s disease should be ...
March 15, 2019
(New York City, NY) – August 8, 2016 – CaringKind, New York City’s leading expert in Alzheimer’s and dementia care for the past three decades, has formed an alliance with Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, a non-profit dedicated to funding research to prevent, slow, or reverse the disease. The new care and cure ...
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Microglia are the innate immune cells that reside in the central nervous system and remove unwanted particles and debris from the brain. TREM2 is a receptor found on microglia and its activation increases amyloid beta uptake; the effect is therefore neuroprotective. An antibody designed to increase TREM2 activation has shown ...
October 7, 2022
2022 Genetic and neuropathological studies have strongly implicated microglia in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Yet precisely how AD risk genes alter microglial function to impact amyloid beta pathology remains unclear. One popular hypothesis is that microglial risk genes reduce amyloid beta clearance from the brain by impairing ...
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