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New Criteria for Behavioral Variant FTD
In 2011, an international consortium developed and published revised guidelines for the diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal…
Caregiver Research Opportunity in San Francisco
Family caregivers interested in a research study aimed at improving caregiver quality of life can contact Judy…
The Basile Family Shares Their Story with Chicago Newspaper
Irene Basile does a Q&A with a Chicago reporter about her late husband’s battle with FTD. Nick…
Researchers find key mutation that causes FTD and ALS
Researchers find key mutation that causes FTD and ALS: In a landmark paper published in the online…
UCSF Neurologist Wins MacArthur Fellowship for FTD Research
William Seeley, neurologist at UCSF, won a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship for his research into FTD. The no-strings-attached,…
AFTD Awards 2011 Pilot Grant
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) recently awarded its 2011 pilot grant for research to Dr. Fenghua…
Two articles on FTD in Utah Newspaper
The Deseret News in Utah has recently given attention to FTD caregivers and their need for respite…
CurePSP-funded Study Identifies Three New Genes Linked to PSP
via PRNewswire – An international team of researchers led by Gerard D. Schellenberg, PhD, a member of…
ADDF and the AFTD Invite Scientists to Apply for FTD Biomarkers Grants
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) invite scientists from academia…
It Is What It Is FTD Film Earns Award
The AFTD’s 18-minute film that chronicles the lives of four families confronted with FTD, It Is What It Is, recently won…
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