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Title: “Inside Edition” Highlights Upcoming Documentary About a Family’s FTD Journey | Background: Susan Suchan and her daughters

“Inside Edition” Highlights Upcoming Documentary About a Family’s FTD Journey

A recent episode of Inside Edition explores the experiences of the late Susan Suchan and her family…

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Title Text: AFTD Joins Nearly 150 Supporters in Letter Urging Congress to Reject Medicaid and SNAP Cuts | Background: AFTD logo and Alliance for Aging Research logo

AFTD Joins Nearly 150 Supporters in Letter Urging Congress to Reject Medicaid and SNAP Cuts

AFTD joined nearly 150 organizations and individuals in a letter penned by the Alliance for Aging Research…

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Text: Pair of Studies Make Significant Findings in Search for FTD Biomarkers | Background: A black, female scientist takes notes as she analyzes a sample with a microscope

Pair of Studies Make Significant Findings in Search for FTD Biomarkers

Two recent studies on proteins and FTD are helping to lay the foundation for the potential development…

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Text: Study Examines Nature of Criminal Risk Behaviors in Dementia | Background: The lightbar of a police car flashes with a city in the background

Study Examines Nature of Criminal Risk Behaviors in Dementia

An Australian Study uses an experimental screening tool to examine the propensity and nature of criminal risk…

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Text: Passage Bio Announces Interim Data for UpliFT-D Trial for FTD-GRN | Background: a pair of scientists look over data on an ipad.

Passage Bio Announces Interim Data for UpliFT-D Trial for FTD-GRN

Biotechnology company Passage Bio released interim data for its upliFT-D clinical trial for its gene replacement therapy…

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Text: FTD Researchers Call for Greater Focus on Diversity to Address Disparities in Care and Research | A doctor and a patient discuss the results of a test

FTD Researchers Call for Greater Focus on Diversity to Address Disparities in Care and Research

An article published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia identifies gaps in current FTD research caused by…

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Vesper Bio Clinical Trial for FTD-GRN Enters Phase Ib/IIa

Danish biotechnology company Vesper Bio announced in January that its clinical trial for a potentially disease-modifying drug…

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Text: Remember Me Podcast Discusses Grief with AFTD Staff in Recent Episode | Background: Remember Me podcast logo

Remember Me Podcast Discusses Grief with AFTD Staff in Recent Episode

In a special bonus episode of the “Remember Me” podcast, AFTD Support & Education Director Esther Kane,…

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Text: Upcoming UCSF Trial to Evaluate Effectiveness of Three Drugs for PSP | Background: A group of scientists stand in a lab, discussing their research

Upcoming UCSF Trial to Evaluate Effectiveness of Three Drugs for PSP

An upcoming clinical trial conducted by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will simultaneously evaluate multiple…

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In TEDx Talk, Neuroscientist Shares Her Father’s FTD Story and Her Hope for Dementia Research Breakthroughs

Leila Allen, PhD, of Florida International University (FIU), discussed the groundbreaking dementia research that she and her…

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