Cure Alzheimer's Fund is proud to be an official charity partner of the 2026 Cambridge Half Marathon & 5K on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in Cambridge, MA! Every step can help accelerate Alzheimer’s disease research. Register today: https://ow.ly/ve6m50ZxEIw #RunForACure #TeamCureAlz

Cambridge Half Marathon + 5K

The Cambridge 5K is the kickoff to race weekend! It's a 3.1-mile course that starts and finishes at CambridgeSide. It's a quick out and back along the Charles River that will have you in awe of the Boston skyline. The Cambridge Half Marathon is a 13...

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A compelling new The New York Times article highlights emerging research on inflammation and the immune system’s potential role in brain health and diseases of aging. We're proud to see CureAlz’s Research Leadership Group members Jonathan Kipnis and Beth Stevens featured: https://ow.ly/zjZ950ZvSaS

Inflammation Keeps Us Alive. It's Also Making Us Sick.

The discovery that chronic inflammation is a cause of myriad illnesses could be this century's biggest medical breakthrough.

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Join us in welcoming Katie Price to the CureAlz team as Senior Philanthropic Advisor! She has held roles across philanthropy, higher ed, and the arts, and brings a commitment to the fight against Alzheimer’s inspired by her grandfather. We're thrilled to have her join us! #CureAlzheimers

On #WorldBrainDay, we honor the strength and resilience of our Alzheimer’s community. Together, we’re advancing research towards a cure and creating hope for the future. Because every brain, every person, and every memory matters.

The Cure Alzheimer’s Fund 2025 Annual Report is live! 2025 was a testament to the resilience driving progress against Alzheimer’s, and our community continues to advance discoveries and bring hope. Explore here: 2025report.curealz.org #CureAlzheimers #AnnualReport

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2025 Annual Report

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New CureAlz-backed research shows exercise’s brain benefits. Dr. Wrann’s earlier work shows that the hormone irisin, released during exercise, plays a role in brain health in AD. In Dr. Wrann's new study, irisin again acts as a neuroprotective factor in a model of MS. https://ow.ly/5Fan50Z6cwL

Missed our latest CureAlz webinar? You can still catch the full conversation online. Meg Smith, CEO of CureAlz, joins Drs. Bateman and Orr for a discussion on how aging shapes #Alzheimer’s risk—and why it doesn’t always lead to disease. Watch here: https://ow.ly/x7CM50Z2SfW

Webinar: Brain Aging, Alzheimer's, and Resilience – Cure Alzheimer's Fund

     Alzheimer's is closely tied to aging, but not all aging leads to disease. Join CureAlz CEO Meg Smith and CureAlz Brain Aging Consortium

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A fascinating new Nature study shows astrocytes form large, flexible networks linking distant brain regions in ways neurons do not. CureAlz is proud to support bold science like this, helping reshape how we understand #Alzheimer’s and the brain. Read the study: https://ow.ly/jXr750Z0pzS

Some brains have superpowers against Alzheimer's disease; they resist the disease entirely or stay sharp despite showing disease pathology. Researchers are studying these brains to figure out why. Learn about these superpowers and how we can protect our brains now: https://ow.ly/MIic50YZ6Rk

Brains Can Have … Superpowers? – Cure Alzheimer's Fund

Some brains have superpowers, at least when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease. These brains can resist or overcome brain changes that often lead to

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Ending Alzheimer’s isn’t easy—but our community’s resilience keeps us going. CureAlz Heroes, like the Whetton family, turn personal experiences into action and momentum for change. Their stories show what’s possible when passion meets purpose. Learn more & get involved: https://ow.ly/nQbe50YZ0ax

CureAlz Heroes: Champions for a Cure – Cure Alzheimer's Fund

  Somewhere this weekend, a ten-year-old is setting up a lemonade stand with a sign asking for donations instead of dollars. A couple is mailing

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Dr. Randall J. Bateman’s Morby Prize–winning paper, published in Nature Medicine, presents MTBR‑tau243, the first accurate, scalable blood test for detecting Alzheimer’s‑specific tau tangles, with potential to enable earlier diagnosis and disease staging. Watch here: https://ow.ly/awqU50YWEM3

2026 Morby Prize Interview with Randall J. Bateman, M.D. – Cure Alzheimer's Fund

   Established in 2024, the Morby Prize is awarded annually to the senior and first authors of a recent scientific publication that transforms the

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You're Invited! Join us for a conversation with members of the CureAlz Brain Aging Consortium moderated by CureAlz CEO, Meg Smith, to discuss the biology of brain aging, recent scientific advances, and promising therapeutic avenues. Register here: https://ow.ly/B1fV50YWlNi

CureAlz is pleased to support researcher Dr. Xu Chen who believes (and is testing) that one way  to  prevent—or even cure—the Alzheimer's is by boosting  the abilities of nuclear  speckles,  which act as key players in removing damaged proteins.  https://ow.ly/kQYt50YH1ee #AlzheimersResearch

The 2026 Jeffrey L. Morby prize goes to Drs. Randy Bateman, Oskar Hansson, Kanta Horie & Gemma Salvadó for their paper “Plasma MTBR-tau243 biomarker identifies tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer’s disease,” published in the journal Nature Medicine in March 2025. #AlzheimersResearch

Alzheimer’s doesn’t start with memory loss—it starts with tiny changes in our brain cells. By decoding how these changes occur, the Bhattacharyya lab hopes to develop treatments that intervene before plaques form and memories fade.  Learn more: https://ow.ly/LOUz50YH0Bs #CureAlzheimers

Planning ahead is essential for a secure retirement. A charitable gift annuity may enable you to receive fixed lifetime payments for yourself and/or another beneficiary, support our mission, and reduce your taxes. Learn more: https://ow.ly/CG9a50YzgXC #PlannedGiving #Philanthropy #Research

Age is not just a number … It’s two. Chronological age and biological age. Studying biological aging may reveal why some individuals develop Alzheimer’s while others remain resilient to the disease’s underlying pathology. Read more at https://ow.ly/zxLq50YzfWf #Alzheimersresearch #BrainHealth

Karen Murray joined CureAlz in March 2026 as the HR Manager. She was the HR Business Partner at Life Molecular Imaging. Karen will provide support across a broad range of HR functions. She received her degree from Westfield State College and holds a SHRM-SCP cert. #NewHire #Research #CureAlz

Welcome CureAlz newly funded researchers, Drs. John Haran and Beth McCormick from UMass Chan Medical School who study how the bacteria in our gut influence our immune system and brain health. #alzheimersresearch

We are a proud sponsor of the 2026 AD/PD Conference that brings together the world’s leading researchers dedicated to advancing breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. We look forward to many of our funded researchers sharing their progress on the global stage. #ADPD2026 #Alzheimers

In this conversation for the Rappaport Foundation, Sean Daniel Horrigan sits down with Dr. Rudy Tanzi and discusses the origins of Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, “Alzheimer’s-in-a-Dish" and how this system is accelerating discovery of promising therapies. https://youtu.be/05ZArqnS378?si=px1jt6W4TlpZpgip

Why do women get Alzheimer’s almost twice as often as men? Dr. David Gate of Northwestern University thinks it might have to do with  the hypothalamus.  If  he’s right it could lead to treatments that work for women's brains. #research Learn more: https://ow.ly/1s5f50YqpAE

Brain banks are one of the most powerful tools in modern neuroscience. They are collections of brains donated as a lasting gift to science. Scientists depend on donations to understand what goes wrong in diseases like Alzheimer’s and how to stop them. ow.ly/lmuU50YmnT0

Cure Alzheimer’s Fund is pleased to welcome Allison DeCruz as the Director of Planned Giving. Allison joins CureAlz with over 15 years of fundraising and marketing experience. #NewHire #Research #CureAlz

We’re excited to launch the Brain Aging Consortium with six leading researchers to uncover how the biology of aging shapes Alzheimer’s risk. https://ow.ly/lpGW50Y8Vra Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University WashU Medicine VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience #AlzheimersResearch

Join us in welcoming a CureAlz newly funded researcher Richard McKenney, Ph.D., of the University of California, Davis. Learn more about his lab’s work: https://curealz.org/researchers/richard-mckenney/  #newresearcher #curealz

You're Invited! Join CureAlz leadership for a guided discussion where they will reflect on the past year, research direction for 2026, and share what’s on the horizon. Register here: https://ow.ly/4vjm50Y3n13 #AlzheimersResearch #CureAlzheimers

Please welcome newly funded researcher So Jeong Lee, Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital. Learn more about her work: https://curealz.org/researchers/so-jeong-lee/ Harvard Medical School #curealz #alzheimersresearch

Alzheimer’s doesn’t just affect memory—it attacks the brain years before symptoms begin. Since 2004, CureAlz has supported researchers investigating the causes of Alzheimer’s & exploring potential prevention strategies. Their discoveries are changing what we know about this disease. curealz.org

This year, the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund community helped sustain critical momentum in Alzheimer’s research. Your support enabled us to stand with scientists through uncertainty, respond to urgent funding gaps, and advance discoveries toward effective treatments. https://ow.ly/JzoN50XQ7Kg