In an effort to support the next generation of leading Alzheimer’s researchers, the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund has joined with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute to create and fund a new “genius grant” for young Alzheimer’s researchers. he new prize called Tomorrow’s Leaders in Alzheimer’s Disease Research honors ...
June 15, 2007
In an effort to support the next generation of leading Alzheimer’s researchers, the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund has joined with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute to create and fund a new “genius grant” for young Alzheimer’s researchers. The new prize called Tomorrow’s Leaders in Alzheimer’s Disease Research honors ...
February 19, 2007
January 30, 2024
It’s a Sunday morning and my wife and I are arguing about the previous night’s dinner party. “No one would let me talk,” Laurie says. “What do you mean? Of course they let you talk.” “No. They’re all just talking constantly and I never get a chance to say anything.” “But Laurie, that’s what ...
February 18, 2020
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund and Rotary joined forces this fall to fund research into why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease than men. The two organizations granted a total of $375,000 to the lab of Rudy Tanzi, Ph.D., at Massachusetts General Hospital. Tanzi, who serves as the Research Consortium ...
December 13, 2016
Contact us about supporting Cure Alzheimer’s Fund at: Email: [email protected] Cure Alzheimer’s Fund is a “doing business as” name for the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity with federal tax ID #52-239-6428. Please note that your information will be used only by Cure Alzheimer’s Fund to record and acknowledge this ...
September 24, 2017
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 21 — Governor Edward G. Rendell and First Lady Judge Marjorie O. Rendell today recognized the accomplishments of eight Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania and praised their contributions to a variety of fields. “This year’s Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania have done extraordinary work in many different capacities,” said Governor ...
October 22, 2009
April 16, 2024
The Four Known Alzheimer’s Genes Over the past several decades, it has become increasingly clear that inheritance plays a major role in Alzheimer’s disease. The roughly 25,000 genes in the human genome are comprised of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) packaged into 24 different chromosomes, 1-22, X and Y. A gene’s job is ...
April 18, 2011
Amyloid-lowering strategies may be most effective if administered prior to the clinical presentation of Alzheimer’s disease. By the time memory trouble brings patients to see a physician, there may well already be brain pathology and nerve cell damage. Supported by CAF funds, Sam Gandy of the CAF Research Consortium, in collaboration ...
September 26, 2011
