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BrightFocus Foundation applauds the three lifelong researchers who won this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, and commends the Nobel committee for its selections.
Oct 9, 2015
Alzheimer's Disease Research

BrightFocus-funded grantees have shown how a bad form of tau, a protein that is a major player Alzheimer’s disease, may spread throughout the brain.

Oct 8, 2015
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a major shift in the way society views older persons in its latest report, "World Report on Ageing and Health."
Oct 4, 2015
Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) will hold office hours on Tuesday October 6th, 2015 at BrightFocus Foundation.
Sep 30, 2015
Research News

Research by BrightFocus grantee Matthew Campbell, PhD, of Trinity College Dublin, represents a potential new way to help clear the brain of a build-up of the toxic amyloid beta (Aβ) that leads to Alzheimer’s.

Sep 24, 2015
The EUREKA Act would authorize the Director of the National Institute of Health to work with other federal agencies to establish prize challenges to reach research milestones.
Sep 23, 2015
Press Releases

World Alzheimer’s Day finds us at a crossroads. We are confronted by a mounting global health and economic crisis. But we are also seeing encouraging signs from our laboratories, local communities, and halls of government.

Sep 17, 2015
Research News
Researchers funded by BrightFocus Foundation are bringing us closer to preventing the spread of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain. Learn more about this exciting research.
Sep 16, 2015
Press Releases

Brian Elderton joins BrightFocus Foundation as Vice President for Development. He brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience with higher education and health care institutions.

Sep 9, 2015
Learn why support in the form of workplace giving campaigns and other corporate responsibility programs can help nonprofits like Alzheimer's Disease Research, and the researchers they fund, find a cure for Alzheimer's disease
Sep 2, 2015