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AFTD Ambassador Advocates on Behalf of the Older Americans Act Judy Bearer smiles into the camera. She has dark blonde hair and is wearing a deep red turtleneck and multi-colored glasses.

AFTD Ambassador Advocates on Behalf of the Older Americans Act

AFTD Ambassador Judy Bearer advocated for the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA) in a December…

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New York Software Company Awards AFTD Gift to Honor Employee’s Late Cousin Description: Kelsey Kolar and her cousin, Billy, stand side-by-side, sandwiched between two women. The women are dressed in coats, and Billy is wearing a football uniform with large shoulder pads, and he has black smudged under his eyes. The group smiles for the camera.

New York Software Company Awards AFTD Gift to Honor Employee’s Late Cousin

AFTD has been selected as one of three organizations to receive a gift from Mindex, a software-development…

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Text: Transposon presents results from successful phase 2 ALS/FTD clinical trial. Background: A scientist works in a lab.

Transposon Presents Results from Successful Phase 2 ALS/FTD Clinical Trial

Biotechnology company Transposon Therapeutics presented the results from its successful phase 2 clinical trial of its experimental…

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AviadoBio CEO Emphasizes Collaborative Approach for Treating FTD CEO Lisa Deschamps smiling with long, brown hair parted in the middle, wearing a red dress

AviadoBio CEO Emphasizes Collaborative Approach for Treating FTD

In October, U.K.-based gene therapy company AviadoBio, Ltd., and pharmaceutical company Astellas announced an exclusive option and…

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Text: Ferrer Doses First Participant in Phase 2 Study for PSP Treatment. Background: A person pours pills into another person's hand.

Ferrer Doses First Participant in Phase 2 Study for PSP Treatment

Pharmaceutical company Ferrer announced that it has dosed the first participant in the PROSPER phase 2 clinical…

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Persons with FTD Advisory Council Special Article: Holiday Madness Photo of Cindy Odell smiling and wearing a gray, charcoal, black, red, and burgundy sweater.

Persons with FTD Advisory Council Special Article: Holiday Madness

This article was written by a person with FTD to highlight the challenges of dealing with the…

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