Cure Alzheimer's Fund Meeting, and Leaving Dotty in the Hands of Others

I'm off to meet the principals of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund and Rudy Tanzi, and another exciting adventure for Dotty and me.

By Bob DeMarco
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Later today I am off to Naples, Florida to meet with the "people" from the Cure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF). For me this is exciting "stuff".

I'll be meeting with the Founders of the CAF including Henry McCance. I will also be meeting with Tim Armour, the President, and Rudy Tanzi, among a long list of people.

Of course, this also means I will be leaving Dotty with our good friends Jim and Ruth overnight.

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I'm not real worried about Dotty as Jim and Ruth are the best, and I left Dotty in their "good hands" for two days back in January. Nevertheless, I still have to juggle my feelings and emotions. I think most of you understand what I mean.

See Can Dotty Make it Two Days Without Me? The Answer.

Dotty has been a bit of a pest lately because she has a urinary tract infection. It looks like the medication is working, however.

For me the Cure Alzheimer's Fund is the number one go to place if you want to donate to Alzheimer's Research. I am a big fan of the venture philanthropy approach. No one can doubt the commitment of the Founders of the CAF, they pay all the administrative and operational cost of the Fund out of their own pockets. This means 100 percent of every donation goes directly into Alzheimer's Research.

You might remember the frenzy that was caused when Gary Landreth, and his colleagues at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, released a research report showing that Bexarotene

quickly and dramatically improved brain function and social ability and restored the sense of smell in mice bred with a form of Alzheimer's disease.

Bexartone is an existing cancer drug that has been approved for the treatment of cancer by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for more than a decade.

The Cure Alzheimer’s Fund participated in the early stage funding of this research!

You can read about the long list of Cure Alzheimer's Fund's funded research projects here -- FUNDED RESEARCH.

You will notice Rudy Tanzi's important Alzheimer’s Genome Project right at the top of the list. More than $5,000,000 invested so far. Learn more about the Alzheimer’s Genome Project -- here.

If you would like to donate to the Cure Alzheimer's Fund click the red button.

I'll write more about the meeting and how we did with Dotty later in the week.


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Alzheimer's and Diabetes: Finding the Common Origin

Learn more about the pathological links between Alzheimer’s and diabetes, and how understanding more about them could lead to effective therapies for both.

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Join Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Consortium member Sam Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., and David Shenk, author of the national bestseller, The Forgetting, for a free webinar about the linkage between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.

Alzheimer’s disease and Type II diabetes have been observed to have a clinical connection. Patients with diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s, as those without diabetes.

The precise nature of this connection has been a mystery until recently.

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Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, is Mount Sinai Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in New York City, and Chairman Emeritus of the National Medical and Scientific Advisory Council of the Alzheimer's Association. Dr. Gandy is an international expert in the metabolism of the sticky substance called amyloid that clogs the brain in patients with Alzheimer's. In 1989, Gandy and his team discovered the first drugs that could lower formation of amyloid. Dr. Gandy has written more than 150 original papers, chapters and reviews on this topic. Dr. Gandy has received continuous NIH funding for his research on amyloid metabolism since 1986.

David Shenk is the award-winning and national-bestselling author of six books, including The Genius in All of Us ("deeply interesting and important" - New York Times), The Forgetting ("remarkable" - Los Angeles Times), Data Smog ("indispensable" - New York Times), and The Immortal Game ("superb" - Wall Street Journal). He is a popular lecturer, a short-film director, and a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com. He has contributed to National Geographic, Slate, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Gourmet, Harper's, Spy, The New Yorker, NPR, and PBS. Shenk lives in Brooklyn.

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