Latest News & Blogs from The Foundation

July 18, 2017

Other-World Imaginings, by John Royer

From our man on the inside, our PSP correspondent, John Royer.The following is a fictional story John wrote when in a depressed state in 2016, in...

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July 14, 2017

A Good Mind In A Useless Body.

This very insightful article, by John Royer, our PSP correspondent, argues that PSP can’t take your loved one away if you don’t let it.  I’v...

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July 14, 2017

Presenting at the Addison Rotary Club, Dallas

John Burhoe Sr., Chair Emeritus of CurePSP, presenting to the Addison Rotary Club, DallasOn Friday, April 7, CurePSP Chair Emeritus and long-time neur...

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July 07, 2017

Anti-Tau Drugs for PSP Move into Phase II

This article first appeared in MedPage Today (http://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/mds/65883)by Kristina Fiore, Deputy Managing Edito...

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July 06, 2017

Open Heart Surgery, by John Royer

Today I am going to write about something different.Earlier in one of my articles I said that I would not talk about the open-heart surgery but I’ve c...

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July 06, 2017

Three Urso Student Summer Fellowship Grants Awarded

The Urso Summer Student Program in PSP Research supports students conducting summer research projects focused on progressive supranuclear palsy. This...

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July 06, 2017

CurePSP-Affiliated Study Needs you!

Care Where It Counts: Understanding the Needs of People with PSP and Related DisordersGoals: People with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and...

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July 05, 2017

A Hospital Stay, by John Royer

In his 9th article, John Royer remembers a hospital visit where he discovered he had unknowingly suffered a stroke months prior.  There is a...

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July 03, 2017

Square patches of light remember you

This beautiful poem, by Bronte Nicole Ficek, originally published in Neurology, June 2017, is a tribute to her grandmother, Mercy...

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June 12, 2017

A New Understanding of How Our Brains Work

Blue Brain Team Discovers a Multi-Dimensional Universe in Brain NetworksSource: NEUROSCIENCE NEWS, JUNE 12, 2017This article, appearing in N...

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June 03, 2017

Coffee and Breakfast, by John Royer

This morning my wife said let’s go out to breakfast. I was a little bit reluctant because of my poor walking but I showed enthusiasm.My upper body was...

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June 02, 2017

Update from John Royer, PSP Correspondent

This is article seven from John Royer, a man living as humorously as possible with PSP.Last night I was wondering about a cause for PSP.I thought abou...

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June 01, 2017

Light Of Day Grant CurePSP $80,000

David Kemp, CurePSP President, with Tony Pallagrosi, Light of Day Executive Director, presenting the matching grant.Early in 2017, Tony Pallagrosi con...

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May 31, 2017

Update from John Royer, PSP Correspondent

This is article six from John Royer, a man living as humorously as possible with PSP.It’s the middle of May and I feel better and I haven’t fallen onc...

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May 25, 2017

New Criteria For PSP Diagnosis

New Diagnosis Criteria Established for PSP.In a groundbreaking development, an international collaboration of neurologists and movement disorder speci...

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May 23, 2017

Update from John Royer, PSP Correspondent

This is article five from John Royer, a man living as humorously as possible with PSP. It is a day that is not so good for me. My mood is glum.I...

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May 05, 2017

Update from John Royer, PSP Correspondent

This is article four from John Royer, a man living as humorously as possible with PSP. I thank the physical therapist that I have, namely Ryan Ma...

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May 02, 2017

CurePSP Venture Grant Goes to Dr. John Steele.

Dr. John SteeleDr. John W. Steele has been awarded a CurePSP Venture Grant for a study titled “iCRISPRi in Human neurons and Glia to Elucidate Selecti...

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May 02, 2017

Dr Troche Awarded a CurePSP Venture Grant

Dr. Michelle TrocheMichelle S. Troche, PhD/CCC-SLP, has been awarded a CurePSP Venture Grant for her research project titled “Developing Treatmen...

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April 24, 2017

John Royer, thoughts of a PSP patient

This is the third installment from John Royer, our correspondent with PSP. See his first article here.See his second article here.  You...

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April 14, 2017

An Update From John, a PSP patient.

A short while ago we received a letter from John Royer, a man living with PSP, and we placed it on our blog.  We suggested we could post mor...

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April 06, 2017

A message from John, who has PSP.

 This beautiful article was sent to us by one of our community, John Royer, who has PSP. Thank you John, for sharing these words.  Auth...

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April 04, 2017

Why Advocacy is Vital

Trish Caruana, Vice President – Patient and Carepartner AdvocacyIn this article, Trish Caruana, Vice President – Patient and Carepartner Adv...

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March 23, 2017

$80,000 Matching Grant from the Light of Day Foundation!

  IMPORTANT UPDATE!As of Wednesday, April 12, the CurePSP community had raised over $60,000! That puts us on track to beat all records for m...

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January 27, 2017

Breakthrough in clearing toxic misfolded tau, in the Daily-Star, Jan 26

     With $100 million from Rainwater family, brain research hits strideBY STEVE KASKOVICH, Star-Telegram, January 26More tha...

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January 26, 2017

Anti-Tau Antibody Trial Enters Phase 2!

AbbVie Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Programs for ABBV-8E12, an Investigational Anti-Tau Antibody, in Early Alzheimer’s Disease and Progressive Sup...

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January 12, 2017

A children’s book, explaining PSP and other disorders.

One of our community,Richie Morris, whose mother has PSP, is writing and publishing a book for children, to help explain the changes they observe taki...

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January 10, 2017

An article by one of our community

One of the CurePSP community has written this beautiful article on the intricacies of finding love again. Article by Joanna McFarland Owusu.Poste...

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December 14, 2016

13-Year-Old Abby Sayre Starts CBD Fundraiser In Memory Of Grandmother Mary Kay

Abby Sayre has started a fundraiser on behalf of her grandmother, Mary Kay Withrow.Mary Kay was diagnosed with Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD). C...

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December 14, 2016

President Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act

It is official! The 21st Century Cures Act has been signed into law by President Barack Obama.  “We’re tackling cancer, brain disease,...

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December 12, 2016

NINDS/NIH/NIA Funding Opportunity Announcement

NINDS/NIH/NIA Funding Opportunity Announcement to support the genetic discovery in PSP, CBD, and related disorders. There will be a pre-application in...

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December 05, 2016

CurePSP receives $200,000 from Nesbitt Charitable Foundation to fund two studies.

CurePSP donor funds two innovative studies of PSPNesbitt grant supports research into both care and cure Sarah Boone NesbittNew York, NY (Novembe...

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November 29, 2016

Dr. Brent Bluett Talks About Botox and Therapy For PSP Patients

Ask a Doctor: Dr. Brent Bluett on PSPby Sylvia Rupani-SmithVery few patients with a rare brain disease such as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, or PSP,...

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November 11, 2016

2016 CurePSP International Research Symposium

2016 CurePSP International Research Symposium            October 27, Jersey City, NJ — Sta...

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November 11, 2016

2016 CurePSP International Research Symposium

2016 CurePSP International Research Symposium            October 27, Jersey City, NJ — Sta...

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October 21, 2016

PSP on the front page of the New York Times!

Sylvia Rupani-Smith, long-time friend of CurePSP and strong advocate for the cause, brings PSP awareness to the mainstream media with her article abou...

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October 13, 2016

CurePSP Women’s Luncheon, New York, NY

In honor of Women and Prime of Life Brain Disease Research, CurePSP recently brought together the most eminent investigators and accomplished women to...

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October 10, 2016

New York Opens First Support Group!

We are very happy to announce our first support group in New York! Our New York Support Group Leader Training sessions in August were a great suc...

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October 10, 2016

First time fundraisers raise over $32,000!

Wine in the Hill CountryWe wish to congratulate Kary Cataldi for a hugely successful wine tasting event in Honor of Mark Witt on Saturday, Octobe...

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October 07, 2016

The role of caregiver; Kathryn Leigh Scott

Originally printed in The Timberjay.By Jodi Summit.Growing up on a small family farm outside of Minneapolis, Kathryn Leigh Scott loved to write and pu...

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September 13, 2016

UPenn-Led Consortium Awarded $10.8M NIH Grant to Study Genomics of Alzheimer’s Disease

UPenn-Led Consortium Awarded $10.8M NIH Grant to Study Genomics of Alzheimer’s DiseaseJun 24, 2016|a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb...

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August 24, 2016

CurePSP Receives Matching Grant Challenge for Genetics Research

Friedman family has committed up to $600,000New York, NY (June 29, 2016) — CurePSP, the leading nonprofit advocacy organization focused on prime of li...

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August 24, 2016

CurePSP receives second matching grant from the Light Of Day Foundation

Leading worldwide music tour benefits neurodegeneration causes New York, NY (August 17, 2016) — CurePSP, the leading nonprofit advocacy organizat...

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August 09, 2016

Jennings Kroemer Putt For PSP

On Saturday July 30th the Jennings and Kroemer families hosted the 11th annual Putt For PSP, in Syracuse Indiana.The day was a huge success, and CureP...

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