Illuminations: Progress in Alzheimer's Disease Research Symposium
June 9, 2006
Several prominent Alzheimer's disease researchers shared their insights with the medical community, researchers and the public in the first scientific seminar organized by the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute.
"Illuminations: Progress in Alzheimer's Disease Research," was presented at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, W.Va. on Friday, June 9, 2006.
Guest speakers included Richard Hodes, M.D., director, National Institute on Aging (NIA); John Hardy, Ph.D., chief of the laboratory of neurogenetics, NIA; Samuel E. Gandy, MD, Ph.D., director, Farber Institute for Neurosciences, Thomas Jefferson University and Daniel L. Alkon, M.D., BRNI scientific director.
Topics provided an overview of the current state of medical treatment and management of Alzheimer's patients, as well as updates on the research that is taking place at BRNI and other leading research centers around the country.
For more details about the event, please see our press release:
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute Hosts Alzheimer's Seminar