Mubeen Ansari, a University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging scientist, has received a $100,000 grant from the Alzheimer's Association. The New Investigator Research grant is awarded with the goal of advancing the understanding of Alzheimer's disease, helping to identify new treatment strategies, providing information to improve care for people with dementia and furthering knowledge of brain health and disease prevention.
SBCoA News
Sep 21, 2011 -
CoPlex Therapeutics has signed an exclusive global license agreement with Hawthorn Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialize hawAD14, a preclinical oral small molecule candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
CoPlex co-founder and CEO John Beran said, “University of Kentucky researchers and CoPlex founding scientists Mark Lovell and Bert Lynn discovered an aberrant protein complex linked to Alzheimer’s which gave them a unique approach to begin to interrupt pathogenic mechanisms associated with the disease.
Sep 21, 2011 -
University of Kentucky researchers and clinicians from the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will present an update on Alzheimer's disease at the Tates Creek branch of the Lexington Public Library on Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be in commemoration of World Alzheimer's Day.
Sep 15, 2011 -
Linda Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the UK Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC), has been elected to the Alzheimer's Disease Center executive committee.
Sep 13, 2011 -
A new program will offer creative enrichment and socialization for individuals with memory problems and their caregivers. Beginning Oct. 10, the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging will sponsor a monthly "Memory Café" at the Living Arts and Science Center in Lexington.
Sep 12, 2011 -
When University of Kentucky medical residents Dr. Brett Smith and Dr. Sarah Williams walk down the aisle to marry, they will also be taking steps to fight Alzheimer's disease.
Aug 29, 2011 -
Study looks at Down syndrome, Alzheimer’s: Signs of Disease Show up at Younger Ages. Article by Dr. Elizabeth Head and Dr. Frederick Schmitt.
Aug 16, 2011 -
University of Kentucky officials announced today that the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) Alzheimer's Disease Center (ADC) is receiving more than $7 million from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue and further research and clinical initiatives geared toward treating Alzheimer's disease.