Artigos de Gwen Gainer
2/15: AFTD Meet & Greet in Colorado
Join AFTD Volunteer Colleen Seymour and AFTD Southwest Regional Coordinator Volunteer, Kathy Urban to connect with others in your area whose lives have also been affected by FTD. Learn more about AFTD events,…
consulte Mais informaçãoAFTD concede $2 milhões para pesquisas avançadas de biomarcadores direcionadas à demência de início jovem
Doctors often rely on biomarkers – objective, easily measured biological features that indicate underlying pathology— to support accurate diagnosis and treatment efforts. Blood pressure, for example, is a widely-used biomarker…
consulte Mais informaçãoFTD e CTE; Concentre-se em Tau
Some forms of FTD and reported CTE involve tau deposition. This conference will investigate the connection and discuss the similarities between the two diseases and relationship to one another. The…
consulte Mais informaçãoPesquisador da Califórnia recebe subsídio de $11 milhões para estudar o link Tau-FTD
A researcher at the Gladstone Institutes in California has been awarded an $11 million grant by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the link between tau,…
consulte Mais informaçãoPesquisadores patenteiam tratamento medicamentoso para aumentar a produção de proteínas no cérebro
As reported in Twin Cities Business on November 23rd, a team of researchers has patented a drug treatment that stimulates the production of progranulin (PGRN), a protein necessary in maintaining…
consulte Mais informaçãoTratamentos emergentes podem ser aplicados a múltiplas formas de demência
Researchers are hard at work developing treatments for FTD, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, writes Dr. Howard Fillit, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), in…
consulte Mais informaçãoPesquisadores da Mayo Clinic patenteiam teste genético FTD
Researchers have patented an innovative molecular test that can measure a genetic mutation linked to both FTD and ALS. Members of the Mayo Clinic’s Neurodegenerative Diseases Lab — led by…
consulte Mais informaçãoNeurologia agora apresenta a atriz Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Actress Kimberley Williams-Paisley, whose mother passed away from PPA, is featured in the cover story of the October/November issue of Neurology Now. Williams-Paisley wrote a book about her mother’s FTD…
consulte Mais informaçãoAFTD’s Inaugural Hope Rising Benefit
Three members of the AFTD community, Donald Newhouse, AFTD Board member Kathy Newhouse Mele, and Daniel Hedaya, will host AFTD’s inaugural New York City benefit, Hope Rising. The evening will…
consulte Mais informaçãoFirst Round of FTD Therapeutics Fell Short, But Many More Are Up and Running
At the 10th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias, held August 31 to September 2 in Munich, speakers presented results from three clinical trials. Though conference attendees were disappointed in the initial…
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