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NEEDHAM, MA--(Marketwire - Nov 1, 2012) - The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), a private foundation funding collaborative translational science, announced today a new round of funding for global research programs in cancer and neurological disease. AMRF has just funded 13 collaborations involving 96 interacting projects.These two-year awards will help support 58 biomedical researchers conducting translational research in oncology and neurology at 32 leading academic institutions in the U.S. and Israel.

"Our foundation emphasizes research that is intended to have a significant impact on patient care in a reasonable period of time," said Dr. Miriam Adelson, Trustee of the Foundation. Dr. Adelson is a dedicated physician-scientist who oversees clinics for the treatment of addictive diseases in Las Vegas and Tel Aviv. "AMRF encourages teams of renowned scientists across multiple disciplines and institutions to pursue significant new research goals rather than incremental progress," noted Sheldon G. Adelson, Trustee of the Foundation and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp.

"The foundation's updated research programs will explore the leading edge of translational research in melanoma, ovarian cancer, and neural repair for treating stroke, spinal cord injury and neuropathy," explained Dr. Kenneth H. Fasman, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of AMRF. "Our collaborating teams of scientists and clinicians, supported by state-of-the-art platforms for genomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and informatics, are able to pursue high-risk, high-reward research strategies that are difficult to get backing for via more conventional funding programs."

"The Adelson Medical Research Foundation has developed a creative model that fosters collaboration over competition in important areas of biomedical research," stated Aaron Ciechanover, M.D., D.Sc., Distinguished Research Professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology's Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine.Dr. Ciechanover, a 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, co-directs AMRF's Program in Cancer Research. "The support provided by the foundation is truly unique, as it stems from an intensely collaborative set of interactions among leading scientists towards a goal of initiating breakthrough studies of brain, spinal cord and nerve repair," added S. Thomas Carmichael, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Programs in the Department of Neurology at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine.Dr. Carmichael leads AMRF's Program in Neural Repair and Rehabilitation.

The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation, established in 2006, is a private foundation committed to a model of open and highly integrated collaboration among outstanding investigators who participate in goal-directed basic and clinical research to prevent, reduce or eliminate disabling and life-threatening illness. The Foundation creates a culture of scientific discovery, evaluation, and clinical application directed by the experiences of scientists who are not bound by searching for the cure of any single disease. Programs within the Foundation are defined in broad terms. The Adelson Program in Cancer Research pursues therapies targeted to the mechanisms that make cells malignant, and the Adelson Program in Neural Repair and Rehabilitation seeks to manipulate the regeneration of neurons in the brain, spinal cord and periphery.

For additional information on the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation, please visit http://www.adelsonfoundation.org/amrfphil.html.

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Young people with neurological conditions are being forced to live in old people's homes without specialist care, a report has found.

There are serious flaws in the way more than one million people disabled by neurological conditions are identified, the report by the charity Sue Ryder, based on Freedom of Information (FOI) data, has revealed.

The Forgotten Millions report said only 5% of 131 responding local authorities know how many individuals with any neurological condition they care for.

Despite necessitating different care requirements, only 6% of local authorities categorise all specific neurological conditions including motor neurone disease, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.

Meanwhile, only 10% of local authorities have an agreed commissioning strategy for people with neurological conditions, it found.

Paul Woodward, CEO of Sue Ryder, said one size doesn't fit all when it comes to service delivery.

"Residential care for a 23-year-old with a brain injury shouldn't look the same as residential care for an 85-year-old who is frail and needs support," he said.

"And yet we do not see enough provision of services specifically for people with neurological conditions who may be from younger generations than others with care needs.

"The Government's focus on dementia in recent years is to be commended. However, dementia is not the only neurological condition.

"Often those such as multiple sclerosis, Huntington's and motor neurone disease get overlooked. We would like to encourage a more holistic approach to services for people living with neurological conditions."

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Neurology professor Dr. Charles DeCarli has been named the initial chair of an endowment devoted to Alzheimer's disease research in the UC Davis Health System.

He is also director of UC Davis' Alzheimer's disease center and an expert on dementias and neuroimaging, and his research has led to advances in prevention and treatment of the disease, which affects 5.4 million Americans.

The $1.63 million Victor and Genevieve Orsi Endowed Chair will be used for a fellowship in behavioral neurology.

Roseville resident Victor Orsi was diagnosed with Alzheimer's before his death at 88 in August 2006. Genevieve Orsi died in 2010.

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