by Tiffany Ervin | Sep 17, 2014 | News
On May 6, 2014, at the annual meeting of The CART Fund, Ben A. Bahr, Ph.D., the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of the University of North Carolina – Pembroke was awarded a CART grant in the amount of $100,000....
by Tiffany Ervin | Sep 17, 2014 | News
On May 6, 2014, at the annual meeting of The CART Fund, Chuanhai Cao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Science, was awarded a CART grant in the amount of $50,000. Research Project There is a need to develop new and...
by Tiffany Ervin | Sep 17, 2014 | News
Dr. Allan Levey, MD, Ph.D., of Emory University, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $7.2M for Alzheimer’s disease research. The purpose of this study is to discover proteins ‘beyond the usual suspects of beta-amyloid and tau’...
by Tiffany Ervin | Sep 17, 2014 | News
Exciting progress on an effort to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease with retinal scans was announced at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Denmark in July 2014. This safe, early, non-invasive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s using retinal scans is...
by Tiffany Ervin | Nov 14, 2011 | News, Uncategorized
Research Associate Professor Scientific Director, Marian S. Ware Alzheimer and Benaroya Parkinson’s Disease Drug Discovery Programs Dr. Burnden’s proposal is close behind Puglieli’s in terms of proximity to animal model testing, after Brunden does some...
by Tiffany Ervin | Aug 9, 2011 | News
The Leissering lab studies substances (called proteases) that destroy amyloid beta-protein which is the chief component of the plaques that create Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Leissring previous work has shown that the severity of Alzheimer’s Disease is...
