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Toxicity Pathways and Catalytic Potential of Cu-Containing AB Oligomers

  • Program Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    Alzheimer’s

  • Competition

    Alzheimer’s Association International Grant Program

  • Province

    British Columbia

  • Start Date

    2016

  • Total Grant Amount

    $136,468

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $68,234

Project Overview

The protein fragment beta-amyloid has long been a key suspect in Alzheimer’s disease. Beta-amyloid molecules have a normal function, but in Alzheimer’s they form clumps called oligomers and plaques that may be toxic to nerve cells. Recent studies indicate that beta-amyloid is more likely to form toxic clumps when it…

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Pathogenic Mechanism of C9orf72 haploinsufficiency in ALS/FTLD: a road to therapeutic discovery

  • Program Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    ALS

  • Competition

    ALS Arthur J. Hudson Translational Team Grant

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2017

  • Total Grant Amount

    $1,647,800

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $823,900

Project Overview

In this Hudson project, the team led by Dr. Robertson will pursue a comprehensive understanding of the normal functions of C9ORF72 and provide a better determination of whether loss of these functions via mutation may cause or contribute to ALS. One of the first discoveries about C9ORF72 was that it…

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A patient-derived iPSC platform of disease relevant cell models for biological studies

  • Program Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    ALS

  • Competition

    ALS Arthur J. Hudson Translational Team Grant

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2017

  • Total Grant Amount

    $2,203,120

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $1,101,560

Project Overview

One of the greatest advancements in science over the past 10 years is the development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). These cells make it possible to create essentially any cell type in the body using any other as a starting point. In ALS, iPSCs provide the opportunity to take…

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Decoding motor cortex circuit abnormalities at ALS onset through combined two-photon imaging in vivo and pharmacogenetics

  • Program Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    ALS

  • Competition

    ALS Canada - Brain Canada Discovery Grants

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2017

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

ALS is a disease that is characterized by degeneration of both upper and lower motor neurons, and while a significant proportion of work has focused on motor neurons in the spinal cord, the motor cortex in the brain, where electrical signals to your muscles originate have clear, but poorly understood…

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Investigation of microbiota mediated suppression of motor neuron degeneration in genetic models of ALS

  • Program Type

    Team grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodegeneration

  • Disease Area

    ALS

  • Competition

    ALS Canada - Brain Canada Discovery Grants

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2017

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Scientists have long wondered what the contribution of environment is to ALS and in recent years the idea that a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental triggers has taken shape. Furthermore, one of the emerging areas of interest for environmental exposure is the gastrointestinal tract and how dietary exposures might…

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