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Mayo Clinic Jacksonville gets $41 million grant for major Alzheimer's study

4/3/2023

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From The Florida Times-Union:

"The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville has received a $41 million federal grant for a potentially groundbreaking study to better understand Alzheimer's disease and how the brain disorder affects people of different ethnic groups.  The five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, is one of the largest in the Jacksonville clinic's history. It will involve at least 80 researchers, from Mayo, Indiana University and 11 other U.S. institutions, and data from thousands of patients.

"Alzheimer's disease afflicts patients from African-American backgrounds at a rate twice as high as that in white populations. For Latino Americans, the risk is one-and-a-half times greater than that in white populations. These populations have traditionally been understudied for Alzheimer's disease, leading to a major knowledge gap. When we try to understand the molecular underpinnings, the disease fingerprints, we need to understand it for all of us to be able to identify biomarkers and therapies." Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, a Mayo Clinic professor of neuroscience and neurology and physician-scientist who is a co-principal investigator of the study."

Through our support of this and other studies, GHR lives out its commitment to helping patients and families live full lives in a world where Alzheimer’s Disease becomes a preventable condition. GHR aims to halt Alzheimer's disease prior to the onset of cognitive symptoms by supporting new diagnostic tools and prevention trials. Learn more about our work on Alzheimer’s prevention.
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[VIDEO] Soledad O'Brien: COVID-19 Long Haulers Struggle to Access Medical Care

5/6/2022

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From Matter of Fact With Soledad O'Brien:

'As mask mandates fade away, Matter of Fact looks at the Americans — up to 23 million — who are still suffering from long haul symptoms like memory loss and physical exhaustion. Dina Demetrius reports from Los Angeles on how many are struggling to get the necessary medical care, with one explaining how she feels “gaslit.”'
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New GHR Case Study of the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging

6/19/2015

 
GHR Foundation is joining forces with industry, other philanthropic partners and the United States National Institutes of Health on a game-changing undertaking – the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. One important study GHR is supporting is The Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, which is working to define the impact of Alzheimer's on the population and develop a screening approach to identify those at risk.

View a case study on The Mayo Clinic's innovative research by clicking image below.
GHR supports innovative new approaches to address the impact of Alzheimer’s disease. If you are interested in learning more about GHR’s Health Initiative, contact us.

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