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ADDF-Funded Investigators to Present Findings at Next Week’s Conference on Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD 21)
March 8, 2021 GMT
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NEW YORK, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced today that four of its funded researchers will be making presentations at the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD 21), which will be held virtually from Barcelona, Spain March 9-14, 2021.
“The ADDF seeks out and maintains a diverse portfolio of novel drug and biomarker targets that reflect the many biological pathways implicated in Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. Howard Fillit, Founding Executive Director and Chief Science Officer of the ADDF. “We are excited to hear the latest updates from these investigators on some of the novel approaches we have supported since the early phas
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers. He was 67. Spinks upset Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1978 after having only seven professional fights under his belt.
Spinks, who lived his later years in Las Vegas, died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations firm. He had been battling prostate and other cancers.
Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67.