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Share Your Stories, Advance FTD Science with the FTD Disorders Registry
The FTD Disorders Registry, the first-ever online registry designed to bring together persons diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration,…
AFTD 2017 Conference: 5/5/2017
AFTD’s 2017 AFTD Education Conference will be held on May 5th, 2017 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore,…
Monty Python Member’s Family Speaks Up for FTD Awareness
The family of Monty Python member Terry Jones granted an interview to the British newspaper the Observer…
AFTD Support Group Leader Profiled in Illinois Newspaper
Katrina Hellman and her husband, Darren, who has FTD, were the subjects of an article published in…
AFTD to Congress: Reject Genetic-Information Bill
In a March 17 letter (pdf) to four key members of Congress, AFTD Executive Director Susan L-J Dickinson…
WAG Magazine Highlights Need for More Widespread FTD Awareness
The story of Andy Nissen, a Texas veteran who was diagnosed with FTD at age 37 and…
Calif. 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…
Researchers 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…
Emerging 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…
Mayo Clinic Researchers Patent Genetic FTD Test
Researchers have patented an innovative molecular test that can measure a genetic mutation linked to both FTD…
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