News in Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Read on for more on the latest news in neurodegenerative disease research, news from the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR), and for information on upcoming events of interest.
CNDR in the News
- Alex Crowe, Research Specialist; Kurt R. Brunden, PhD, Director of Drug Discovery at Penn’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR); Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, and John Q. Trojanowski,CNDR Co-Directors, and their colleagues at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) have discovered a new class of compounds for potentional Alzheimer's disease drug. For more information, click here.
Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, MBA, Director of CNDR, received a 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer's Association at its International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Lee was recognized for her work determining the genesis and roles of various normal and abnormal brain proteins. For more information on this year's ICAD, click on the logo above. - John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute on Aging, Steve Arnold, MD, Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Center, and Melissa Livney, Psyc.D., clinical psychologist at the Alzheimer's Disease Center, were featured on WHYY’s Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane discussing Alzheimer’s disease. More information...
- National coverage of "New Test Can Detect Early Alzheimer's" (Reuters). For the official Penn press release, click here.
- More Genes For Lou Gehrig's Disease Identified - Mutations have been found in a disease protein called TDP-43 that is implicated in two neurodegenerative disorders: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, and certain types of frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
Dr. John Trojanowski was interviewed in February 2008 for SAGE Crossroads about the biomarkers of aging and the key to advancing longevity science. Click here to connect with the interview - marked #36.- Rapid Response: Read the response from Dr. Steven Arnold, Associate Director of the Penn Alzheimer's Disease Center and Penn Memory Center, to a newly published case report in the Journal of Neuroinflammation describing a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, Perispinal Etanercept. (January 2008)
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CNDR's Dr. Virginia Lee poses with the newly inagurated mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, on January 17, 2008 after ceremonies to lay a wreath on the grave of Benjamin Franklin, part of the Celebration of Benjamin Franklin, Founder ceremonies and in honor of Franklin's birthday.- On January 17, a 2008 Benjamin Franklin Founder award was given to Dr. Virginia Lee for exemplifying the the talent of taking “what you find that is curious” and translating it into something that more than certainly “may be useful.” Read more about it.
News in Neurodegenerative Disease Research and Advocacy:
- Midlife Heart Risk Factors Linked to Later Dementia
- Discovery Sheds Light on Huntington's Disease
- 2009 update on the Alzheimer's disease epidemic is out from the Alzheimer’s Association.
- Alzheimer's Study Group: A Source Document on Thinking About Alzheimer's Disease.
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"Can Alzheimer's Disease Be Prevented?," a newly updated booklet from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), answers questions about brain health and summarizes the latest research about AD prevention. More information... - Click here for more on The Alzheimer's Project, a multi-platform public health series that seeks to bring a wider public understanding of Alzheimer's disease research and care. Co-presented by HBO and NIA.
- Alzheimer's Association released its 2009 Alzheimer's Facts and Figures Report and the Alzheimer's Study Group has released its National Alzheimer's Strategic Plan today as part of a hearing on the group’s work before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.