Estimada HelpLine: Cómo viajar durante las vacaciones

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Dear HelpLine, I am thinking of traveling to see family this year for the holidays, but this would be the first time taking my wife since she was diagnosed with FTD 2 years ago.  Is there anything you can share with me about traveling with someone with FTD? For many people, the holiday season is…

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Una conversación con el vicepresidente de desarrollo clínico de Alector

Text: A conversation with alector's vice president of clinical development. Background: Photo of Lawrence Carter, AFTD and Alector logos

Earlier this year, the biopharmaceutical company Alector announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted a “breakthrough therapy designation” to latozinemab, the company’s investigational drug designed to address FTD caused by a variant in the GRN gene. The special designation enables expedited regulatory review of therapies intended to treat serious conditions. A…

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Vesper Bio anuncia la finalización exitosa del estudio de fase 1 para el tratamiento potencialmente modificador de la enfermedad para FTD-GRN

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Biotechnology company Vesper Bio announced in early September that the phase 1 clinical trial for its potentially disease-modifying treatment for FTD-GRN has successfully concluded. The company noted data from the trial demonstrated excellent safety and tolerability of the orally administered drug VES001. In FTD caused by an inherited GRN mutation, the production of the essential…

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Recepción en persona en Manchester, NH

Join and learn from others who understand the FTD journey at this in-person AFTD Meet & Greet event, hosted by AFTD Ambassador Shirley Gordon and Kevin Rhodes, co-chair of the AFTD Persons with FTD Advisory Council. RSVP for this event by emailing sgordon@theaftd.org. To learn more, download this flyer.

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Seminario web de la AFTD: Diagnóstico de la afasia progresiva primaria

With primary progressive aphasia (PPA), problems with language and communication typically deteriorate gradually over time. Initial symptoms are sometimes attributed to anxiety or stress until the ongoing symptoms become disruptive enough to prompt further assessment by a specialist. This webinar is intended for clinicians to support early detection and accurate diagnosis of PPA.  Learners will…

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Dígale a sus legisladores: reautoricen la financiación de la Ley para los Estadounidenses de Edad Avanzada

Reauthorize Funding for the Older Americans Act Decorative element

You may think that because frontotemporal degeneration strikes many people in the middle of their life, that the Older Americans Act may not apply to you. But the OAA provides funding for services for adult family members and other adults who care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders in their home, regardless of…

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Fomentando la esperanza: la AFTD organiza la mesa redonda de investigación de la FTD de 2024

Text: AFTD Hosts 2024 Research Rountable Meeting Background: AFTD Staff and Board Members at the FTD Research Roundtable meeting.

The FTD Research Roundtable is an annual program designed to accelerate FTD drug development by convening various scientific stakeholders to identify common challenges and advance solutions for FTD clinical trials. Biopharmaceutical companies currently conducting FTD pre-clinical and clinical trials are invited to join the FTD Research Roundtable, and in 2024, we were thrilled to have…

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AC Immune y Life Molecular Imaging anuncian la designación de vía rápida de la FDA para el trazador PET Tau

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Swiss biopharmaceutical company AC Immune announced in late August that its partner, German biopharmaceutical company Life Molecular Imaging (LMI), received a Fast Track Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a Tau PET tracer. PET, or positron emission tomography, is a form of medical imaging that uses a radioactive tracer to visualize…

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