These projects were made possible from Cure Alzheimer's Fund support.
| Project Description | Researchers | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Decoding Protein Transport Across the Blood-Brain Barrier to Enable New Alzheimer’s Therapies |
2025 $459,865 |
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| Understanding How Human Brain Vascular Cells Mediate Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease |
2022, 2024 $402,500 |
These published papers resulted from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund support.
Bieri, G., Pratt, K. J. B., Fuseya, Y., Aghayev, T., Sucharov, J., ... Yang, A. C., Casaletto, K. B., & Villeda, S. A. Liver exerkine reverses aging- and Alzheimer’s-related memory loss via vasculature, Cell, February 28, 2026, Read More
Monroe, K. M., Hong, S., Lewcock, J. W., & Yang, A. C. Therapeutic targeting of neuroimmune mechanisms in neurodegeneration, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, February 16, 2026, Read More
Kipnis, J., Benveniste, H., Eichmann, A., Thomas, J. L., Reich, D. S., Lewis, L. D., Tsai, L. H., Drieu, A., Bakker, E. N. T. P., Kelley, D. H., Lundgaard, I., Mestre, H., Zott, B., Eide, P. K., van Osch, M. J. P., van Veluw, S. J., Iliff, J., Yang, A. C., Santambrogio, L., Da Mesquita, S., Daneman, R., … Nedergaard, M. Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance, Neuron, November 24, 2025, Read More
Reid, M. M., Menon, S., Liu, H., Zhou, H., Hu, Z., Frerich, S., Ding, B., Oveisgharan, S., Zhang, Z., Nelson, S., Apolonio, A., Bennett, D. A., Dichgans, M., Pollard, K. S., Corces, M. R., & Yang, A. C. Human brain vascular multi-omics elucidates disease-risk associations, Neuron, October 1, 2025, Read More