Gladstone: $5.8M for brain/immune/vascular in Neuro diseases
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:04 pm
This research seems very CCSVI related. Here's a few excerpts from the press release and a link to it. Bold type added by me:
https://gladstone.org/about-us/news/gla ... al-disease
Gladstone Investigator Receives $5.8M Grant for Pioneering Research into Neurological Disease
https://gladstone.org/about-us/news/gla ... al-disease
Gladstone Investigator Receives $5.8M Grant for Pioneering Research into Neurological Disease
Gladstone Senior Investigator Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, was awarded a prestigious multi-year, multi-million dollar grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Akassoglou’s research focuses on the intersection of the brain, immune, and vascular systems. Her lab pioneered the study of blood proteins in neurological diseases, showing that when these proteins leak into the brain, they damage brain cells and activate the brain’s immune system, triggering inflammation and neuron death. Akassoglou identified one blood protein in particular, fibrinogen, that is strongly implicated in multiple sclerosis. She thinks fibrinogen could be a therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis and many other neurological diseases.
This funding source is also worth noticing, since they seem open to funding innovative research...The NINDS Research Program Award (R35) provides longer-term support and increased flexibility to exceptional scientists who have a consistent record of high-impact contributions to neuroscience. It promotes ambitious, creative research and offers investigators greater freedom to embark upon research that breaks new ground.