A stem cell model of familial Alzheimer’s disease (FAD) was successfully generated in a recent study, allowing researchers to identify 14 genes potentially implicated in the disease. One gene in particular demonstrates the important role inflammation may play in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients. The study was completed by scientists ...
January 8, 2014
Boston – (June 2, 2010) – Cure Alzheimer’s Fund recently awarded the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the University of Houston a $150,000 grant to fund innovative research on Alzheimer’s disease, which currently affects 5.3 million Americans and their families and is the most common ...
June 2, 2010
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund is pleased to see the passage of the 21st Centuries Cures Act in the House of Representatives. The overwhelming bipartisan support for the bill shows the need for legislation to improve the process of getting to cures for life-threatening diseases like Alzheimer’s. The legislation calls for increased investment ...
July 10, 2015
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An excerpt from Greg’s website: “Alzheimer’s is a death in slow motion, like having a sliver of your brain shaved off every day. For more than ten years, writer Greg O’Brien has taken detailed notes as an embedded reporter inside the mind of Alzheimer’s, chronicling the progression of this demon of ...
January 6, 2017
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Nikki joined Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in 2021. Prior to this, she worked for South Shore Health overseeing the foundation operations and the management of the database and information systems. She has extensive experience in higher education and co-founded an online mental health company. Nikki has a B.A. in International Studies ...
May 14, 2021
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Larry Prince, 80, passed away peacefully at Akron Summa Hospital on October 1, 2022, with his wife of 30 years by his side. He was born to the late Albert Prince and Myrtle (Horn) Bowers in Cleveland on June 5, 1942. Larry graduated from Euclid High School in 1960 and ...
November 3, 2022
