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  • Fisher Scientists Discover New Ways to Rid Cells of Alzheimer Protein

    Identifying a cure for Alzheimer’s disease remains a major challenge. Few drugs are currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat Alzheimer’s patients...

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    Fund Alzheimer’s Research through the Combined Federal Campaign and State Employee Charitable Campaigns.

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  • Clinical Stages of Alzheimer's

    Dr. Barry Reisberg was awarded a Life Time Achievement Award by the International Alzheimer's Association. He is author of the Clinical Stages of Alzheimer's, and defined the term Mild Cognitive Impairment. He helps his patients regain basic skill of living to prolong their independent, and ease the burden of caregivers.

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  • Fisher Scientists Discover New Ways to Rid Cells of Alzheimer Protein

    Identifying a cure for Alzheimer’s disease remains a major challenge. Few drugs are currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat Alzheimer’s patients...

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  • “Dr. Greengard is one of the most prominent scientists of this century”

    ~ Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, president of Karolinska Institutet (The Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet which has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine since 1901).

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    We at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation applaud the Obama administration’s "We Can't Wait” initiative to increase NIH spending for Alzheimer’s research. - But is it enough?

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Exciting Discoveries in Alzheimer’s Disease

The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation primarily funds the research of Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard. Dr. Greengard and his team of scientists have recently developed new technologies that will accelerate the pace of future Alzheimer’s research. Based on … Continue reading →

Our Alzheimer’s Disease Research

Our team of internationally renowned scientists, under the direction of Nobel laureate Dr. Paul Greengard, has been at the forefront of seminal research that has provided a conceptual framework for modern day investigations into Alzheimer’s disease. Our groundbreaking research is the … Continue reading →

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Solanezumab to Be Tested in Large Trial for Early Alzheimer’s

April 7, 2014

The drug maker Eli Lilly is proceeding with trials of an experimental drug called solanezumab to treat early Alzheimer’s, despite earlier research in which the drug had failed to meet study goals. In earlier research the drug had shown hints … Continue reading →

Keep Reading to Keep Alzheimer’s at Bay

April 7, 2014

Reading books and magazines, writing and participating in other mentally stimulating activities, no matter your age, can help to keep memory and thinking skills intact, a new study suggests. The findings add to growing evidence that mental challenges like reading … Continue reading →

Epilepsy Often Unrecognized in Early Alzheimer’s

April 7, 2014

Many people with Alzheimer’s disease develop epilepsy, and those who have both conditions are more likely to develop serious memory loss and other cognitive symptoms at a younger age than those without epilepsy, a new study shows. Increased awareness of … Continue reading →

The Serious Toll of Alzheimer’s

March 12, 2014

A new report suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may kill far more people than previously thought, making it one of the leading causes of death in the United States, along with heart disease and cancer. Alzheimer’s is currently listed as the … Continue reading →

Alzheimer’s and the Hygiene Hypothesis

March 12, 2014

Can all our efforts at cleanliness and fighting germs be contributing to the growing epidemic of Alzheimer’s? A new study suggests it might. The findings, published in the journal Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, come from researchers in Britain, who … Continue reading →

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This project was supported, in part, by a grant, number 90AZ2791, from the Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration on Aging policy.