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Linde Jacobs Shares Her Family’s FTD Journey with the New York Times

Linde Jacobs Shares Her Families FTD Journey with the New York Times

A recent article in The New York Times highlights the inspiring story of Linde Jacobs, a nurse…

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Empower a Future Free of FTD with a Year-End Gift

For over 20 years, AFTD’s volunteers, supporters, and partners raised awareness, supported one another, educated healthcare professionals,…

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AFTD Research Team: A Year in Review

2024 has been a hopeful year for FTD Research, and it’s also been an exciting year for…

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Article Lists Ways Researchers Can Involve People with Dementia in Identifying Research Priorities

A research article published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society discusses how researchers can better…

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Perspectives in FTD Research Webinar: FTD Research 2024 – Where We’ve Come From and Where We’re Headed

The science of FTD is evolving at a rapid pace and it can be difficult to interpret…

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AFTD Ambassador Advocates on Behalf of the Older Americans Act Judy Bearer smiles into the camera. She has dark blonde hair and is wearing a deep red turtleneck and multi-colored glasses.

AFTD Ambassador Advocates on Behalf of the Older Americans Act

AFTD Ambassador Judy Bearer advocated for the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA) in a December…

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Advancing Hope: AFTD Attends 2024 Society for Neuroscience Meeting

Dr. Nicole Bjorklund, AFTD Director of Research and Grants, and Dr. Kate Still, Research Outreach Manager, attended…

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New York Software Company Awards AFTD Gift to Honor Employee’s Late Cousin Description: Kelsey Kolar and her cousin, Billy, stand side-by-side, sandwiched between two women. The women are dressed in coats, and Billy is wearing a football uniform with large shoulder pads, and he has black smudged under his eyes. The group smiles for the camera.

New York Software Company Awards AFTD Gift to Honor Employee’s Late Cousin

AFTD has been selected as one of three organizations to receive a gift from Mindex, a software-development…

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Transposon Presents Results from Successful Phase 2 ALS/FTD Clinical Trial

Biotechnology company Transposon Therapeutics presented the results from its successful phase 2 clinical trial of its experimental…

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AviadoBio CEO Emphasizes Collaborative Approach for Treating FTD CEO Lisa Deschamps smiling with long, brown hair parted in the middle, wearing a red dress

AviadoBio CEO Emphasizes Collaborative Approach for Treating FTD

In October, U.K.-based gene therapy company AviadoBio, Ltd., and pharmaceutical company Astellas announced an exclusive option and…

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