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Due to the coronavirus outbreak, AFTD has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Education Conference, which includes all events for April 16 and 17.  Over the past several weeks, AFTD has closely monitored the status of the novel coronavirus Covid-19.  The decision was made placing the safety and well-being of all conference attendees and participants at the forefront.  More…

The Rainwater Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association, and CurePSP are co-sponsoring the Tau2020 Global Conference, an open, international gathering in Washington, D.C. on February 12-13, 2020. Cost is $150 for professionals and $75 for students. The Tau2020 Conference is a unique opportunity to move tau research forward. Representatives from academia, industry, government, and the philanthropic sector will…

The Treatment of Disturbed Sleep in persons with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a remote, six-week clinical trial sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Researchers hope to answer the question: “Can We Improve Sleep in PSP?” The study will test the effectiveness of two sleep medications. While there is no traveling to the study…

Meet Christine Walsh, assistant professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

The holidays are upon us. This is the time of year that can bring opportunities for togetherness, sharing, laughter, and making memories.

Your brain is the best gift you can give to help decipher frontotemporal degeneration (FTD)

Giving back moves us all forward. Thanksgiving. Black Friday. Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that unleashes the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day to encourage people to do good. This day of giving is celebrated each…

Grant awarded through The Prime of Life Brain Initiative

The Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF) one of the largest independent funders of neurodegenerative disease research, has announced the first recipients of the Rainwater Prize for Outstanding Innovation in Neurodegenerative Research and the Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early-Career Scientists. Recipients are Dr. Michel Goedert with the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in Cambridge, UK, and Dr. Patrick Hsu with…

This remote six-week study seeks to test the effects of two sleep medications.