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The summer edition of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Review provides information on significant progress in understanding how tau tangles may spread in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease, a study offering hope that we can decrease our risk of developing dementia, and more.

Nov 6, 2017
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BrightFocus Foundation recently held its first-ever Glaucoma FastTrack to accelerate the fight for a cure by investing in promising young scientists in the field of vision research.
Oct 30, 2017
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BrightFocus Foundation announced today that communications strategist Cecilia Arradaza has joined the organization’s Board of Directors.

Oct 30, 2017
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BrightFocus Foundation has announced the awarding of research grants to three scientists at Johns Hopkins University. The grantees’ research topics reflect the three diseases of aging that the foundation is working to end: Alzheimer’s, glaucoma, and macular degeneration.

Oct 23, 2017
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Kim Campbell talks about her journey as a caregiver, and panelists address other Alzheimer's disease issues, in this free program.

Oct 10, 2017
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Alzheimer’s Disease Research (ADR), a BrightFocus Foundation program, is once again proud to participate in employer-sponsored workplace giving campaigns, including the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), which begins on October 2.

Oct 2, 2017
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A promising new strategy to protect the optic nerve in glaucoma, helpful information on clinical trials and why they are so important, and a study exploring the genes involved in closed-angle glaucoma, are among the articles available in the fall edition of the National Glaucoma Research Report.

Sep 29, 2017
Research News

Macular Degeneration Research grantees are looking at new ways to stop age-related macular degeneration. Two, in particular, are hoping that vitamins and diet will provide solutions.

Sep 5, 2017
Research News
Kip Connor, PhD, with funding from Macular Degeneration Research (MDR), has lead a team of experts to discover an important role of immune cells that regulate, and could potentially stop, abnormal blood vessel growth in advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Sep 5, 2017
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The following statement was issued by Stacy Pagos Haller, BrightFocus Foundation President and CEO.

Aug 8, 2017