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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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Dear HelpLine: Types of FTD

Dear HelpLine, My mom was recently diagnosed with FTD, and when I visited your website, I learned…

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Text: Advancing Hope - AFTD Developed New Gene Therapy Resource | Background: A mother and daughter review test results on a tablet

Advancing Hope: AFTD Develops New Gene Therapy Resource

There is more hope now than ever before that researchers will be able to develop a treatment…

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Advancing Hope: Sponsored Testing Programs; opportunities for no-cost genetic testing

Once you have chosen to pursue genetic testing, it can be frustrating to learn that the cost…

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Ferrer Doses First Participant in Phase 2 Study for PSP Treatment

Pharmaceutical company Ferrer announced that it has dosed the first participant in the PROSPER phase 2 clinical…

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