Sharon Oosthoek
Alzheimer Society of Ontario
Alzheimer Society of Ontario – Ruth and Ted Simmons
Alzheimer Society of Ontario’s website January 2009 Mornings with Ruth and Ted Parents of young children will immediately recognize the morning routine at Ruth and Ted Simmons’ Hamilton home. While Ruth makes breakfast, she checks in on her husband to see how he’s managing. When Ted finally comes into the kitchen, sometimes he’s dressed, sometimes [...]
Alzheimer Society of Ontario – Meet our reseachers: Ekaterina Rogaeva
Alzheimer Society of Ontario website September 2009 Meet our researchers: Ekaterina Rogaeva The possibilities for human genetic variation surpass 10 million, yet it’s Dr. Ekaterina Rogaeva’s job to track down the ones that boost our risk of Alzheimer’s disease. “Our main task as geneticists is to ask, ‘Is it a guilty or innocent variation?’ says [...]
Alzheimer Society of Ontario – Meet our researchers: Adam Proctor
Alzheimer Society of Ontario website August 2009 Meet our researchers: Adam Proctor If Alzheimer’s drug development were a military campaign, Adam Proctor would be on the reconnaissance team gathering intelligence on the enemy before battle. As a lab technician at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Proctor helps piece together the [...]
Alzheimer Society of Ontario: When word fail
When words fail Sporting glasses and a trim gray beard, David Knight looks very much like what he is – a retired geography professor. But pop him in a tux, stand him in front of a couple of kettle drums and he is an orchestra musician. It’s an identity the 67-year-old Knight has worked hard to [...]
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