Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives $16 million NIH grant to study cellular process linked to Alzheimer's disease

(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, led by Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., co-director of the Institute for Aging Research, have received a five-year, $16 million grant from the NIH to determine how autophagy, a cellular recycling process, is related to the development of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The multidisciplinary team working to untangle this puzzle includes experts in the biology of aging, neurodegeneration, metabolism,...