Highlights
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 Recovery Funds Advance Alzheimer’s Disease Research
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November 23, 2009 -- American Recovery and Reinvestment Funds are being used to promote research efforts to better understand, diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease. The NIA has targeted promising areas of research such as studies to identify additional risk factor genes, improve diagnostic tools, find biomarkers, develop therapies, conduct clinical trials and explore preventive measures. |
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Recovery Act Funding Seeks to Help Understand Basic Secrets of Aging |
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November 23, 2009 -- The NIA announced two major awards to advance exciting areas of basic research on aging. Grants for studies to determine the potential healthy aging effects of rapamycin, a compound involved in regulating cell growth, and to understand the causes of protein misfolding, are made possible through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. |
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National Institute on Aging
Building 31, Room 5C27
31 Center Drive, MSC 2292
Bethesda, MD 20892
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