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TSW Announces New Principal Editor for Aging Domain
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D. as Principal Editor for TheScientificWorldJOURNAL’s
Aging domain. Dr. Tanzi has been investigating the molecular genetics of human neurodegenerative disease since 1980 when he participated in the pioneering study at Massachusetts General Hospital that led to location of the Huntington''s disease gene, the first disease gene to be localized solely by genetic linkage analysis. Since 1982, Dr. Tanzi has focused his studies on Alzheimer''s disease (AD), working on the isolation of several genes that play a key role.
Dr. Tanzi’s laboratory also first discovered that the metals zinc and copper are necessary for the formation of neurotoxic assemblies of the peptide called Ab, the main component of ß-amyloid deposits in brains of AD patients. These studies have led to ongoing clinical trials for treating and preventing AD by targeting Aß-metal interactions. Most recently, Dr. Tanzi has been investigating the biochemical mechanisms by which defects in the known AD genes cause neurodegeneration in AD and endeavoring to translate these findings into novel therapies to treat and prevent AD. Dr. Tanzi is also carrying out genome wide association screens to identify novel genes associated with late-onset AD and autism spectrum disorders.
Dr. Tanzi is the Chairman, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Research Consortium, a Fellow of the AAAS, and serves on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute of Aging. He serves on over three dozen editorial boards, has given numerous honorary lectures, coauthored over 300 research articles and has received several awards for his work including the two highest awards given for research in Alzheimer’s disease. He is co-inventor on 18 issued patents and has co-founded two biotech companies, both of which are developing novel therapeutics for treating AD. He is currently a Professor of Neurology (and Neuroscience) at Harvard University, and serves as the Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit consisting of eight laboratories in the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at MGH.
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Rudy Tanzi
Genetics and Aging Research Unit
Harvard Medical School
United States |
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| Associate Editor(s) |
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Alexander Buerkle
Chair of Molecular Toxicology
University of Konstanz
Germany |
William B. Ershler
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Inst. for Advanced Studies in Immunology and Aging
United States |
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Bertrand Friguet
Laboratoire de Biologie et Biochimie Cellulaire du
Universite Denis Diderot
France |
Efstathios Gonos
IBRB
National Hellenic Reserach Foundation
Greece |
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Thomas E. Johnson
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
University of Colorado at Boulder
United States |
Junko Oshima
Box 347470
University of Washington
United States |
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John Tower
Dept. Biological Sciences
University of Southern California
United States |
Jan Vijg
Department of Physiology
University of Texas Health Sci Ctr San Antonio
United States |
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| Editorial Board Member(s) |
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Julie Andersen
Buck Institute for Age Research
United States |
Vilhelm Bohr
The Nathan W. Shock Laboratories
NIH
United States |
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Ashley Bush
Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
United States |
Judith Campisi
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
United States |
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Alessio Cardinale
Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology
IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana
Italy |
Andrew Dillin
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
United States |
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Rita Effros
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UCLA Medical School
United States |
Caleb Finch
University of Southern California
United States |
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Leonid A. Gavrilov
Center on Aging
NORC/University of Chicago
United States |
Nikki Holbrook
Dept. Internal Med. Sect. Geriatrics and Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
United States |
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Peter Hornsby
Department of Physiology
University of Texas Health Science Center
United States |
Pidder Jansen Durr
Institute for Biomedical Aging Research
Austria |
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Estela Medrano
Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
United States |
Mohammed Morad
Division of Community Health
Ben Gurion University of the Negev,
Israel |
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Olivia M. Pereira-Smith
Division of Molecular Virology
Baylor College of Medicine
United States |
Imre Semsei
Medical and Health Science Center
University of Debrecen
Hungary |
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Laurent Seroude
Department of Biology
Queens University
Canada |
Manuel Serrano
Department of Immunology and Oncology
Spanish National Center of Biotechnology
Spain |
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Mark A Smith
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
United States |
Emil C Toescu
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
The University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
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Eugenia Wang
University of Louisville
United States |
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Recent Articles |
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Dysfunction of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases in Alzheimer’s Disease
Suo, William Z.; Li, Longxuan |
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DJ-1 as a Modulator of Autophagy: An Hypothesis
González-Polo, Rosa A; Niso-Santano, Mireia ; Gómez-Sánchez, Ruben ; Bravo-SanPedro, Jose M; Fuentes, José M. |
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Use It or Lose It: Environmental Enrichment as a Means to Promote Successful Cognitive Aging
Frick, Karyn M; Benoit, Jamie D |
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in the Aging Process
Oliveira, Barbara F.; Nogueira-Machado, José Augusto ; Chaves, Míriam M. |
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Aging in Persons with Rett Syndrome: An Updated Review
Lotan, Meir ; Merrick, Joav ; Kandel, Isack ; Morad, Mohammed |
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