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BrightFocus Foundation and Focused Ultrasound Foundation Announce Partnership to Advance Alzheimer’s Research
A three-year collaboration supports pioneering non-invasive treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s disease using focused ultrasound.

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BrightFocus and Alzheimer’s Los Angeles Renew Partnership to Fund Promising Alzheimer’s Research
Ongoing collaboration advances promising Alzheimer's drug discovery research in Southern California.

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BrightFocus Foundation Awards Nearly $13M to 50 Scientists for Alzheimer’s, Macular Degeneration, and Glaucoma Research
Private research nonprofit BrightFocus Foundation today announced nearly $13 million in grants to support early investigative research into Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.

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BrightFocus Foundation and Helen Keller Foundation Award University of Iowa Researchers 2025 Prize for Pioneering Eye Research
Drs. Val C. Sheffield and Edwin M. Stone of the University of Iowa have received the 2025 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research for their groundbreaking work.

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BrightFocus Foundation Recognizes Excellence in Vision Research
The annual BrightFocus Vision Research Awards honor outstanding scientists pursuing groundbreaking macular degeneration and glaucoma research.

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BrightFocus Foundation Announces Appointment of Two New Board Members
BrightFocus Foundation, a leading nonprofit funder of innovative research to defeat Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma, has appointed John S. Penn, PhD, a renowned vision scientist and professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Dale Young, chairman and CEO of Summit Financial Group, to its board of directors.