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Final Report from Dr. Yeuming Li, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NYC
Dr. Li was the recipient of a $250,000 grant from The CART Fund in 2016 and has submitted this final report as an update on his research. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by an aggregation of toxic proteins that build up in the brain. Normally, a process called autophagy allows cells to rid themselves of any “garbage” […]
read moreCART Awards Five Grants Totaling $700,000 for 2018
Dr. Terrance Town Liz and Ash Rothein Research Grant – $250,000 – Terrence Town, PhD, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, “Targeting IRAK-M/NF-kappB signaling for innate immune removal of Alzheimer’s amyloid-β” Dr. Nicola Allen Grant – $112,500 – Nicola Allen, PhD, Salk Institute California, La Jolla, CA, […]
read moreBahr wins University of North Carolina’s highest honor
On May 19, 2017 Ben Bahr, Ph.D., the William C. Friday Chair and Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke was recognized as the 2017 Oliver Max Gardner Award winner.
read moreIkezu 2014 Grant leads to acclaim & funding
Last summer, Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine received the Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award for Alzheimer’s Research at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Toronto, Ontario, July 24-28, 2016. Dr. Ikezu, whose research focuses on molecular therapeutic intervention of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, gave a plenary lecture at the conference.
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