Posts by Gwen Gainer
2/15: AFTD Meet & Greet in Colorado
Join AFTD Volunteer Colleen Seymour and AFTD Southwest Regional Coordinator Volunteer, Kathy Urban to connect with others in your area whose lives have also been affected by FTD. Learn more about AFTD events,…
Read MoreAFTD Awards $2 Million to Advance Biomarkers Research Targeting Young-Onset Dementia
Doctors often rely on biomarkers – objective, easily measured biological features that indicate underlying pathology— to support accurate diagnosis and treatment efforts. Blood pressure, for example, is a widely-used biomarker…
Read MoreFTD & CTE; Focus on Tau
Some forms of FTD and reported CTE involve tau deposition. This conference will investigate the connection and discuss the similarities between the two diseases and relationship to one another. The…
Read MoreCalif. Researcher Receives $11 Million Grant to Study Tau-FTD Link
A researcher at the Gladstone Institutes in California has been awarded an $11 million grant by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the link between tau,…
Read MoreResearchers Patent Drug Treatment to Boost Protein Production in the Brain
As reported in Twin Cities Business on November 23rd, a team of researchers has patented a drug treatment that stimulates the production of progranulin (PGRN), a protein necessary in maintaining…
Read MoreEmerging Treatments Could Apply to Multiple Forms of Dementia
Researchers are hard at work developing treatments for FTD, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, writes Dr. Howard Fillit, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), in…
Read MoreMayo Clinic Researchers Patent Genetic FTD Test
Researchers have patented an innovative molecular test that can measure a genetic mutation linked to both FTD and ALS. Members of the Mayo Clinic’s Neurodegenerative Diseases Lab — led by…
Read MoreNeurology Now Features Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Actress Kimberley Williams-Paisley, whose mother passed away from PPA, is featured in the cover story of the October/November issue of Neurology Now. Williams-Paisley wrote a book about her mother’s FTD…
Read MoreAFTD’s Inaugural Hope Rising Benefit
Three members of the AFTD community, Donald Newhouse, AFTD Board member Kathy Newhouse Mele, and Daniel Hedaya, will host AFTD’s inaugural New York City benefit, Hope Rising. The evening will…
Read MoreFirst Round of FTD Therapeutics Fell Short, But Many More Are Up and Running
At the 10th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias, held August 31 to September 2 in Munich, speakers presented results from three clinical trials. Though conference attendees were disappointed in the initial…
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