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Literature searches, data extraction, and data entry, meta-analysis calculations, and database updates are performed by members of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, the Gerontology Research Unit, Dept. of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, and the Dept. of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Lars Bertram, M.D. (Principal Investigator)
Sachin Bagade, M.S.
Deborah L. Blacker, M.D., Sc.D.
Matthew B. McQueen, Sc.D.
Kristina Mullin, B.S.
Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.
Brit-Maren M. Schjeide, B.S.

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David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D
Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research, Cambridge, MA

Alison Goate, Ph.D.
Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D.
Duke Center for Human Genetics, Durham, NC

Gerard D. Schellenberg, Ph.D.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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Live Discussion: Targeting Tumor Necrosis Factor—A Therapeutic Strategy for AD. Join us for a live discussion led by Yong Shen on 28 May 2008 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. EST.

Forum Discussion: Do Somatic Mutations Generate Toxic Abeta Peptides in Sporadic Alzheimer Disease?
This discussion is led by Vincent Marchesi of Yale University. We invite your comments.

Forum Discussion: Collective Thought at Its Best: Let’s Contemplate the Centennial
Enjoy the offerings of this Centennial Page, and write back with your comments.

Special issue on Alzheimer's disease in Neurological Research
Full Text of "Progenitor Endothelial Cell Involvement in Alzheimer's Disease." By Thomas F. Budinger
Part 1 (.pdf); Part II (.pdf); Table of Contents (.pdf). Presented with permission from Forefront Publishing.


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