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Parker McKay Exits “The Voice” After Performance in Memory of Late Mother, Who Had FTD
Singer Parker McKay, whose mother lived with FTD, exited NBC’s The Voice following her battle round performance on the singing competition’s Oct. 19 episode. McKay, 29, sang Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party” with fellow contestants the Cunningham Sisters in a…
Scientists Now Able to Classify Tau Filament Structures Linked to FTD Disorders
Researchers in the UK have gained new insight into classifying the structures of tau filaments found in FTD and other neurodegenerative diseases. Investigators from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology determined the tau protein structures of several…
Self-Advocating Persons with Young-Onset Dementia Highlighted in “Wall Street Journal”
The Wall Street Journal highlighted how persons with varying types of young-onset dementia, including FTD, are challenging assumptions about dementia by publicly advocating for themselves in an Oct. 12 article. Arnold Beresh, a 68-year-old former podiatrist, told the Journal that…
Australian Couple Share their FTD Story for World FTD Awareness Week 2021
Mark Ferguson and his wife Jill, who is living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), shared their story of being impacted by FTD with their local FTD research clinic. The FRONTIER FTD Research Clinic, part of the University of Sydney’s Brain…
#FTDhotshotchallenge Makes a Fiery Return
Dedicated AFTD volunteers are taking FTD awareness to a fiery level with the return of the #FTDhotshotchallenge. Back for its second year, the challenge engages individuals to film themselves drinking a shot of hot sauce, tag five friends, and donate…
Illinois Family to Host Event for Food for Thought 2021 Campaign
An Illinois family will host a Food for Thought event at a local pizza eatery to raise critical FTD awareness in their community. The Kirby family will host the event in honor of Kara Kirby (pictured above), who was diagnosed with…
Protein Replacement Therapy May Be Useful in Treating FTD-GRN, Recent Study Finds
Preclinical studies analyzing GRN mutations in FTD have uncovered a new approach to enhancing the brain’s intake of progranulin, the protein most common in genetic forms of FTD. In a recent study published in Cell, researchers from Denali Therapeutics have…
Siblings Discuss Their Lives Following Mother and Father’s Dementia Diagnoses
A local newspaper in South Carolina profiled three siblings whose father and mother were diagnosed with FTD and Lewy body dementia, respectively. In an Aug. 18 article published in SC Now, Scottie, Becky, and Bo Hill recalled their father’s life…
Skin Cells from Persons with FTD May Help Understand Disease Mechanisms, Study Finds
The skin cells of persons diagnosed with FTD may help in understanding the molecular mechanisms of the disease, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The study, published in Molecular Neurobiology, compared the cellular features and the…
Wife Shares Husband’s FTD Diagnosis Journey in News Segment
An Oklahoma news program featured a segment on August 5 spotlighting a husband and wife’s FTD journey. Becky Bowles discussed the difficulties involved in receiving an accurate diagnosis of FTD during a news segment on 2News Oklahoma, an NBC affiliate….