$10 million donation given to UCLA to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
August 13, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
The Alzheimer’s Disease Center at UCLA’s Department of Neurology has been been renamed Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research following a $10 donation by Jim Easton, a a UCLA alumnus and longtime benefactor of the university.
Jim’s mother, Mary, died from Alzheimer’s disease.
The generous donation will allow support research in the following areas…
- Investigation of the molecular structure of the toxic protein that accumulates in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease.
- Studies of the molecular interactions that make the protein involved in Alzheimer’s toxic.
- Characterization of and intervention for Alzheimer’s in genetically engineered mouse models.
- Studies involving familial Alzheimer’s patients.
- Genetic studies and serial imaging of patients with Alzheimer’s.
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