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Alzheimer's Disease Center awarded 5-year, $9 million grant
The National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health has renewed the Alzheimer’s Disease Center (ADC) grant for another five years. The NIH grant award is for $9 million and is the fifth consecutive grant renewal for the ADC dating back to 1988. “We look forward to a highly productive and exciting five years ahead of renewed funding for our research,” said Roger N. Rosenberg, M.D, Director of the ADC.

Early-Stage Efforts to Discover Drugs That Preserve Brain Cells
The Friends of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center hosted a public forum on Wednesday, March 23, to hear Steven McKnight, Ph.D., chairman of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Department of Biochemistry. Dr. McKnight and his colleagues have discovered, in a laboratory setting, a small molecule that can boost learning and memory as well as prevent new brain cells from dying. They are working to “polish” this early-stage drug lead so that it might help patients suffering from various neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D., one of Dr. McKnight’s co-investigators, partners with him in the presentation.