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The Collaboration 4 Cure Alzheimer’s research awards announced at SBP

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October 29, 2015

On October 28, Mayor Kevin Faulconer, County Supervisor Diane Jacob, San Diego philanthropist Darlene Shiley, and Mary Ball, president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association San Diego, came to SBP to announce the recipients of research awards from San Diego’s Dementia Drug Discovery Collaborative Program, “Collaboration 4 Cure (C4C).” The awards are part of an innovative program to harvest the best research ideas toward effective treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Continue reading “The Collaboration 4 Cure Alzheimer’s research awards announced at SBP”

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How protein tangles accumulate in the brain and cause neurological disorders

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Date

September 2, 2015

A new Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) study takes a step forward in understanding how similar, yet genetically unrelated neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, frontal temporal dementia, and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are caused by the protein tau. The findings, published today in Neuron, create new opportunities to target this key protein that leads to the brain lesions found in patients with impaired motor functions and dementia. Continue reading “How protein tangles accumulate in the brain and cause neurological disorders”