Werner Syndrome (WS) is a rare human genetic disease with many features of premature aging. The patients usually appear normal during their teenage years. But later they prematurely develop several age-related diseases, including artherosclerosis, osteoporosis, diabetes, malignant neoplasm and cataracts. They also exhibit an aged appearance when...
Senior and New Scholars Awards for National Institute on Aging
Dr. Weidong Wang
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
1999 new Scholar Award in aging
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Dr. Charles Mobbs
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
2005 senior Scholar Award in aging
Life-long dietary restriction can delay age-related impairments and extend lifespan. However, life-long dietary restriction itself would not be a practical intervention in humans. Therefore many investigators are studying the mechanism by which dietary restriction produces its beneficial effects, with the goal of activating these mechanisms... |
Dr. Catherine A. Wolkow
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
2004 new Scholar Award in aging
One strategy for moderating detrimental effects of aging is to commandeer hormonal pathways that coordinate aging in different tissues. The first obstacle to this goal is identifying such "longevity hormones". Among the many remarkable discoveries from the roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, is the fact that disrupting an... |
Non-Scholar Awards for National Institute on Aging
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2001 Conferences and Workshops Scholar Award in Aging
The Ellison Medical Foundation contributed $2,500 to help support the Symposium on Endocrinology of Life-span Extension held June 19, 2001 at the Annual Endocrine Society Meeting in Denver, CO. |
2001 Conferences and Workshops Scholar Award in Aging
The Ellison Medical Foundation contributed $2,500 to help support the Symposium on Endocrinology of Life-span Extension held June 19, 2001 at the Annual Endocrine Society Meeting in Denver, CO. |
Funded Institutions
The Ellison Medical Foundation fosters research by means of grants-in-aid on behalf of investigators to universities and laboratories within the United States. Institutions receiving awards must be tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations or U.S. colleges or universities.
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