New York Times features three Cure Alzheimer's Fund Researchers
Written by Tim Armour Wednesday, 01 September 2010 13:53
Nobel laureate and CAF Science Advisory Board member Paul Greengard is interviewed, and CAF Research Consortium Chair Rudy Tanzi and RC member Sam Sisodia comment on findings that bring us ever closer to the cause of Alzheimer's.
Using Venture World’s Lessons to Battle Alzheimer’s
Written by Katie Cutler Monday, 30 August 2010 08:39
Henry McCance's feature in Xconomy was covered this morning by The Boston Globe.
With Our Venture Capitalist Approach, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund “Dares to Be Great”
Written by William Pollock Thursday, 26 August 2010 10:47
The website Xconomy Boston has written a profile on one of our founders, Henry McCance, outlining our entrepreneurial approach to funding innovative researchers. Xconomy looks at how Cure Alzheimer’s Fund translated Henry’s expertise as a venture capitalist to the realm of medical research, which was sorely lacking a bold source of funding.
“McCance recalls researchers saying that the organizations that traditionally dole out the grants are so risk-averse that they don’t want to fund anything that has the slightest potential of failure. ‘We are forced to submit proposals which we almost already know the answer to,’ was their lament, McCance says. “Research that does get funded is akin to 1-yard plunge. There is no organization that is willing to throw us a 30 yard pass down the field.’”
Xconomy explains the ways McCance and other Cure Alzheimer’s Fund founders developed an alternative approach. They targeted visionaries in the field, brought in high-quality leadership, and kept a frugal culture to ensure funding going straight to research. The result – an unprecedented approach to push the boundaries of Alzheimer’s research.
The article, a great introduction to our entrepreneurial approach, can be read in full here.
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Our Researchers in the News
Written by Katie Cutler Tuesday, 24 August 2010 14:22
Nature News article highlights Cure Alzheimer’s Fund researchers Stephen Strittmatter, Roberto Malinow, and Sam Sisodia discussing conflicting results of Alzheimer's research and how Cure Alzheimer’s consortium hopes to unite researchers and move more quickly toward a cure.
Read the article, Key Alzheimer's findings questioned>
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