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April 18, 2024 Cure Alzheimers Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to funding the most promising research to prevent, slow or reverse Alzheimers disease, announced today that it has reached an important milestoneawarding more than $200 million in research grants to leading scientists throughout the world investigating the disease.
Since its establishment in 2004, Cure Alzheimers Fund (CureAlz) has supported more than 840 innovative grants led by more than 300 scientists resulting in 1,182 published peer-reviewed papers in prominent scientific journals. Many of these projects have yielded significant breakthroughs, resulting in findings contributing to new and critical avenues for development of novel treatments.
CureAlz was founded with one mission: to fund research that will accelerate prevention, treatment and a cure for this disease, said Henry McCance, Chair of Cure Alzheimers Fund. Since the beginning, our approach has attracted others to join us in this fight, all who have been vital to what we have achieved. It has been an honor to deploy more than $200 million dollars in funding that is enabling and accelerating extraordinary research pursued by brilliant and determined scientists around the world.
Funded projects have included:
The Alzheimers Genome Project, the first large-scale, family-based study of the human genome specific to Alzheimers disease.
Projects that explore how the bodys complex immune responses may contribute to Alzheimers disease.
A consortium of experts to expand our understanding of the role the APOE gene may have in Alzheimers disease.
For 19 years, our Founders and Board of Directors have been steadfast in their commitment to our mission to end the terrible burden of Alzheimers. The fields top scientists contribute their expertise and guidance to CureAlz, meaning science and data are always our lodestars to a cure, said Meg Smith, CEO of Cure Alzheimers Fund. Our leaderships vision, drive and generosity are matched by that of our dedicated donor and researcher communities. We celebrate this milestone as the shared achievement it is, and at the same time rededicate ourselves to accelerating an end to Alzheimers.
Cure Alzheimers Fund is a non-profit dedicated to funding the most promising research to prevent, slow, or reverse Alzheimers disease. Since its founding in 2004, Cure Alzheimers Fund has provided more than 840 grants to more than 300 of the worlds leading researchers and contributed more than $200 million to research. Its funded initiatives have been responsible for many key breakthroughs in understanding the causes and pathology of Alzheimers disease. Cure Alzheimers Fund has received a 4-star rating for more than 12 consecutive years from Charity Navigator. Our Board of Directors, Trustees, and a core group of other donors direct their donations to our overhead expenses so that 100% of general donations go to our research program. For more information, visit CureAlz.org. To learn about the impact of Alzheimers on women and women working towards a cure, WomenandAlzheimers.org.
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