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Published on: 8/4/2007
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The awardees include Asa Abeliovich, Ph.D., of Columbia University, who will test small-molecule drugs that can enhance the autophagy pathway, which is involved in clearing away proteins; Neil Howell, Ph.D., of the MIGENIX Corporation in San Diego, who will work with rodent models to optimize administration of a compound that has been shown to be effective in protecting nerve cells from toxic stresses; Peter Jenner, Ph.D., of Proximagen Neuroscience in the United Kingdom, who will investigate the potential of osteopontin as a treatment for Parkinson's; and Pamela Maher, Ph.D., of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, whose team will test derivatives of fisetin for potency and efficacy in cell-based and rodent models of the disease.