November 5, 2021
November 5, 2021
Dr. Berislav Zlokovic discusses his research on the blood-brain barrier and how it becomes compromised with age, sometimes leading to Alzheimer’s.
September 9, 2015
April 23, 2020
Answers to webinar questions have been posted below. We will continue to post additional answers as we receive them. On April 4, 2012, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Consortium member Sam Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., and David Shenk, author of the national bestseller, The Forgetting, presented a webinar about the linkage between Alzheimer’s ...
April 4, 2012
A Webinar with Dr. Erik Musiek In this webinar, Dr. Musiek discusses the role of sleep in the health of our brains. He also provides tips about steps we can all take, at every stage of life, to improve the health of our brains with sleep. This webinar was recorded on ...
December 7, 2021
On May 27th a webinar with Dr. David Holtzman was hosted by Cure Alzheimer’s Fund. Dr. Holtzman is the co-creator of a new blood test to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Following his presentation a conversation with Meg Smith answered questions about the use of the blood test with ...
June 2, 2021
In this webinar, Dr. Vince Groppi, CEO of Oricula Therapeutics and member of the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Strategy Council, discussed his perspectives with Meg Smith, EVP of CureAlz Research Management, on how philanthropy and venture capital must partner to translate lab discoveries into meaningful benefits for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. ...
April 8, 2022
At its core, Alzheimer’s is a disease that disrupts communications between neurons (nerve cells) in the brain, and ultimately kills those neurons. Cure Alzheimer’s Fund has committed to understanding this destructive process as a necessary component to stopping the disease. To that end, it has recruited four of the world’s ...
April 23, 2014
During this webinar, David Shenk led a discussion with Rudy Tanzi, Ph.D., about the Whole Genome Sequencing project (WGS). Shenk and Tanzi covered the origins of Alzheimer’s genetics, the beginnings of WGS, the project’s expected impact on Alzheimer’s disease and the challenges going forward.
February 27, 2013
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) are collaborating on a strategic initiative to accelerate the development of drugs and therapies for Alzheimer’s and related dementias—a significant unmet medical need. Viewers learned more about this topic during a live-streamed webinar with presenters Rudy Tanzi, Ph.D., chairman ...
August 13, 2013