NEW
YORK, Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Canter
Family is proud to announce that they have raised $134,646 through their 2023 event, Carol's
Research Challenge, to fund cutting-edge projects from the
2023 Tauopathy Challenge Workshop that hope to accelerate our
understanding of primary tauopathies. This event is the Canter
Family's second fundraising endeavor and their most successful to
date, honoring the late Carol
Canter, who was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear
palsy (PSP). After their inaugural event in 2022, Carol's Research
Challenge marked a shifting focus to research as an antidote to the
problems faced by so many families, educating the CurePSP community
while also funding new science initiatives. They hope that coupling
awareness with insights into research will generate excitement and
increased funding to progress these projects exponentially.
Stephen E. Canter, speaking on
behalf of the Canter Family, is excited to fund forward-thinking
studies that now have the opportunity to be realized.
"We are thrilled that funds raised by Carol's Research Challenge
will directly support the innovative projects of Drs. Kathryn Bowles, Yongku
Cho and co-PI Jesse Rinehart, Rik
van der Kant and Patrik Verstreken from the Tauopathy
Challenge Workshop," said Stephen
Canter. "We are hopeful their novel research initiatives
will contribute to a better understanding of how PSP develops and
progresses in the brain, opening new avenues for effective
therapies and treatment."
The inaugural edition of the Tauopathy Challenge Workshop,
hosted by the Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF) in partnership
with CurePSP and the Aging Mind Foundation, took place in
Chicago in October 2023, bringing together a brilliant
cohort of researchers with diverse specialties and backgrounds in
pursuit of answers to these rare diseases. They sought to tackle
the perplexing challenges surrounding primary tauopathies, with a
particular focus on PSP and frontotemporal dementias (FTDs).
Invited participants received a grant of $10,000, and the two-day workshop offered a space
for researchers to share innovative ideas that could turn into
practical, impactful research projects that may ultimately lead to
breakthroughs in the field. Some of the most promising projects
received grants extending up to $500,000, offering new approaches to
understanding tau buildup and pathways to biomarkers and therapies
for patients.
Read more about the Tauopathy Challenge Workshop here:
https://www.psp.org/news/details/the-rainwater-charitable-foundation-curepsp-and-aging-mind-foundation-announce-2-million-in-grants-to-fund-innovative-research-projects-from-the-tauopathy-challenge-workshop
About CurePSP
CurePSP is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the
awareness, care and cure for three neurodegenerative diseases:
progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration
(CBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). As a catalyst for new
treatments and a cure, CurePSP establishes important partnerships
and funds critical research internationally. Through its advocacy
and support efforts, CurePSP enhances education, care delivery and
quality of life for people living with PSP, CBD and MSA and their
families. Science, community and hope are at the heart of CurePSP's
mission and all its services. CurePSP is a registered 501(c)(3)
charity within the United States
(EIN: 52-1704978). For more information, please
visit www.curepsp.org.
About The Rainwater Charitable Foundation's Medical
Research
The Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF) was
created in the early 1990s by renowned private equity investor and
philanthropist Richard E. Rainwater.
When Richard was diagnosed with a rare neurodegenerative disease
and primary tauopathy called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP),
the RCF expanded its mission to accelerate the development of new
diagnostics and treatments for tau-related neurodegenerative
disorders. The RCF Medical Research Team supports this focus by
managing the Tau Consortium, the Rainwater Prize Program and the
Tauopathy Challenge Workshop. With over $140
million invested in medical research to date, the RCF has
helped to advance eight treatments into human trials. Currently the
RCF supports a range of programs, including a focus on family
economic security, medical research and other worthy causes. For
more information, please
visit rainwatercharitablefoundation.org.
About Aging Mind Foundation
Since 2013, the Aging Mind
Foundation (AMF) has been dedicated to funding medical research
aimed at uncovering the causes of Alzheimer's disease and other
dementias. Founded by Laree Hulshoff
and Bill Booziotis, who were
motivated by personal experiences with friends suffering from
Alzheimer's, AMF strives to alleviate the impact of this
devastating disease on individuals and their families. By raising
funds to provide substantial grants to medical scientists, AMF
supports groundbreaking research into Alzheimer's and dementia. The
Aging Mind Foundation operates as a component fund of The Dallas
Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity. For more
information, please call 214.218.2050 or
visit AgingMindFoundation.org.
Contact:
Kristophe
Diaz, PhD
Executive Director and Chief Science Officer
646-725-1453
diaz@curepsp.org
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