Alzheimer's Disease Research News

More than 75 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other early-career scientists from around the world participated in this year’s BrightFocus Alzheimer’s Fast Track, Nov. 9-11, 2022, in San Diego.

BrightFocus research grantee, Gael Chetelat, PhD, was honored for her project, “Sex Differences in Risk Profiles Across the Alzheimer’s Disease Continuum.”

A National Glaucoma Research-funded study shows that glaucoma is more than twice as likely to worsen in people who are heavy cigarette smokers.

In this issue: President’s Corner, One-Time Gene Therapy for Wet AMD, DNA Modifcation and Gene Expression in AMD, New Treatments for AMD, and more!

In this issue: Glaucoma and Corneal Thickness, President’s Corner, Identifying New Risk Factors and Treatments for Glaucoma, and more!

BrightFocus Foundation’s 2022 annual report, highlighting an incredible year of pioneering neurodegenerative research.