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The latest on "LATE," a new form of dementia, five tips for coping with Alzheimer's disease, promising early results from a clinical trial regarding diet and Alzheimer’s risk, information on Pick's disease, healthy recipes, and more are found in the summer 2019 edition of Alzheimer's Disease Research Review.
A new imaging method that may predict wet macular degeneration, a potential new treatment that could reduce the frequency of eye injections, important information on iron and macular degeneration, the importance of clinical trials, and more are found in the summer 2019 edition of Macular Degeneration Research News.
BrightFocus Foundation, through its National Glaucoma Research program, today issued a request for proposals for promising research in the field of glaucoma.
BrightFocus Foundation, through its Alzheimer’s Disease Research program, today issued a request for proposals for promising research on Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
Learn about a promising new technology for monitoring the progression of glaucoma, why age is a risk factor for glaucoma, a new approach for regenerating an injured optic nerve, the importance of clinical trials, and more in the spring edition of the National Glaucoma Research Report.
Laine Hardy, American Idol Winner 2019, will make his charitable debut at BrightFocus Foundation’s awards gala. Richard Lui, MSNBC, will emcee the research and advocacy awards for diseases of mind and sight.
BrightFocus Foundation, a premier source of private research funding to defeat Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, today announced $16.2 million for 76 new research grants, a record high for the organization. With these latest grant awards, BrightFocus will have invested $43 million in scientific research over the past three years alone.
The spring edition of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Review provides articles on dementia and depression, a potential new blood test to screen for Alzheimer’s, a research project to identify early midlife biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease risk with regard to sex-based differences in brain aging and memory decline, Alzheimer's disease in women, and more.
BrightFocus Foundation joins others in mourning the loss of the legendary Paul Greengard, PhD, who passed away this past week on April 13. He was both an early grantee and longtime friend of BrightFocus, and became our honorary board member in 2010.