Blood vessels supply our organs with oxygen and nutrients. Another set of vessels, called the lymphatic vessels, perform other very important roles in the maintenance of tissues as they remove all the waste and toxic compounds the organ produces and also serve as a path for immune cells from organs ...
July 5, 2016
On Dec. 16, Dr. David Holtzman of Washington University spoke about his work on the connection between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease, and sleep’s possible role in managing the brain’s Abeta and tau burdens. “We found that, in the brains of animals and humans, Abeta is regulated by neuronal activity,” Holtzman says. ...
December 16, 2015
Please join us on December 1st at 5:30 PM EST for a conversation about Alzheimer’s disease between good friends Lisa Genova and Greg O’Brien. Lisa Genova, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist educated at Harvard Medical School. Lisa is the author of STILL ALICE, a novel about a woman and her experience with ...
November 5, 2020
While the COVID-19 Pandemic has had an impact on research labs throughout the world, our work into the understanding of causes and potential therapies for Alzheimer’s disease continues. The video below is a panel presentation with Tim Armour, Meg Smith, and Dr. Rudy Tanzi regarding the state of Cure Alzheimer’s ...
May 4, 2020
Sam Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., and Scott Noggle, Ph.D., explained their roles in Cure Alzheimer’s Fund’s Stem Cell Consortium in a discussion with author David Shenk. Topics covered include induced pluripotent stem cells, the benefits of using this technique as a tool in Alzheimer’s research and the steps toward drug discovery.
June 5, 2013
Please join David Shenk and Alan Arnette for our free, one-hour upcoming webinar, Climbing the World to End Alzheimer’s, on July 24th at 2:30 pm EDT. Arnette became an Alzheimer’s caregiver and advocate when his mother, Ida, was diagnosed. He felt compelled to make a difference in the world of Alzheimer’s ...
June 28, 2012
Streamed live on May 28, 2014 The human brain contains 100 billion neurons, exchanging electrochemical signals with one another via 100 trillion connections called synapses. All human thought and action depends on the health of these synaptic connections. The destruction of synapses correlates very closely with the progressive symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Listen ...
May 28, 2014
There are a number of therapeutics and drugs in phase 3 clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. In this conversation Meg Smith, Senior Vice President of Research Management for Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, and Dr. Rudy Tanzi, Chair of the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Leadership Group, discuss the related details of several ...
May 28, 2020
Director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology and BiophysicsUniversity of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles Born in Belgrade, “Betza” Zlokovic grew up an only child with a passion for the arts. As a child he played violin for six years and learned to ...
July 21, 2015
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