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Revolutionizing Lewy Body Dementia Research
The Karen Toffler Charitable Trust (KTCT) is supporting cutting-edge scientists like Dr. LaVoie to explore the uncharted territory of high-risk research. With their funding, Dr. LaVoie has uncovered an exciting new avenue of research that could revolutionize the way we approach Lewy Body Dementia. When Dr. LaVoie was awarded a Grant from the Karen Toffler…
Keep Reading The Future of Research: Powershifts and Implications
The global research and development (R&D) ecosystem is changing rapidly and dramatically. An arena once dominated, fueled, and funded by U.S. federal government organizations like the National Science Foundation, NIH, NASA, Office of Naval Research, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now being driven — and bankrolled — by investors from industry,…
Keep Reading UF neuroscientists discover biomarker with potential to aid Parkinson’s diagnosis
University of Florida neuroscientists have developed a new assay, or test, to detect minute amounts of a protein called tyrosine hydroxylase in blood immune cells of Parkinson’s disease patients, a key finding to aid in the development of a blood test to help diagnose and guide treatment for the neurodegenerative disorder. The findings were published…
Keep Reading Driving Next-Generation Research Through Future-Focused Leadership
By Deborah Westphal The global research ecosystem is estimated to grow to 1.25 trillion dollars by 2025—and it is changing rapidly and dramatically. The hyper-connected web of business, government, academic, high-tech, and nonprofit entities is fueled by a diverse network of people dedicated to discovering new knowledge about ourselves and our world. Who, what, where,…
Keep Reading UF neuroscience students lead creation of new mouse model for Alzheimer’s research
A research team led by University of Florida neuroscience graduate students has devised a new mouse model to study the protein tau, which can abnormally accumulate inside neurons and is associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The development was reported May 12 in Communications Biology, a Nature Portfolio journal. The new rodent model, which…
Keep Reading Revolutionary Wealth is still revolutionizing our thinking
The date is June 8, 2001. Alvin Toffler is standing in front of 500 of South Korea’s best and most farsighted business, government, and academia leaders to present his view of the country’s global leadership challenges and opportunities. Alvin is here as part of a tour of the country, one he is taking with his…
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