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BrightFocus is a premier funder of groundbreaking research in an urgent effort to discover cures for Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma.
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Gowrishankar
Swetha
Current Organization
Yale University
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Gowrishankar Swetha
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Elucidating the Role of Altered Axonal Lysosome Transport in Alzheimer’s Disease
Active Dates
July 01, 2016 - June 30, 2018
Principal Investigator
Swetha Gowrishankar, PhD
Current Organization
University of Illinois
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