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PFC Science
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Here are updates for some of our
Rediscovery Research™ projects:
Myelodyplastic syndrome: Drs. Seth Corey (Children's Memorial)
and Amit Verma (Albert Einstein) are working on independent Rediscovery Research™
projects repurosing existing drugs to treat a rare variant of this blood disorder
supported by a private family funding group.
Batten Disease: Our
Jasper Against Batten Fund is supporting Drs. Beverly Davidson (U of Iowa)
and Jeff Kordower (Rush Medical Center), who are working together on a gene
therapy project, and Dr. Steve Gray (U of North Carolina) is working independently
on a gene therapy project. Dr. David Sullivan (Hopkins) is completing a Batten
drug screening project. Dr. Jon Cooper (Kings College-London) is breeding
a mice colony with Batten Disease for future research.
Diabetes: Friends United is
funding a Phase II human clinical trial sponsored by the Exsulin Corporation at
the Mayo Clinic and McGill University. Exsulin is the first and only islet regeneration
therapy in Phase II development. Friends United also sponsored
the recently completed human clinical trial of Dr. Denise Faustman (Harvard)
and we will be participating in Phase II. Click here for
the Press Release.
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PFC Rediscovery Research™ News
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 The Search for Drugs, Supercharged! The University
of California, San Diego, a PFC Institution Partner, is harnessing supercomputer
power for Rediscovery Research™, allowing scientists to rapidly screen available
drugs against more than 50,000 possible targets at once.
UCSD researchers used this technique to find a possible new application for two
drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease. Their computer model predicted the two
medications would bind to a protein the tuberculosis bacterium uses to repair its
cell wall. Researchers later verified that both drugs work against tuberculosis
in the test tube as predicted. And because both drugs have already been approved
by the Food and Drug Administration once, they would have a shorter and less expensive
path to approval for a second use. To read the entire article, click here
 PFC's
Dr. Bruce Bloom interviewed Rediscovery Researcher Dr. Berish Rubin (Fordham) for
an update on our funded Rediscovery Research™ in familial dysautonomia.
Click here to listen. You can listen to all of Dr. Bloom's past Rediscovery
Research™interviews and podcasts at
www.ReachMD.com, Click on "Community", then
"Hosts", scroll to the bottom of the page to "View all Hosts" and then click on
"Bruce E. Bloom"
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 The 2010 Longest Day of Golf-Rockford was a huge success!
Golfers played from 7:30 am until 7:30 pm on a beautiful sunny August 11 at Silver
Ridge Golf Course in Orgeon, IL to raise funds for Rediscovery Research™
Our heartfelt
thanks to the golfers and their friends, their business contacts and their family
members who support this fundraising event every year. Special thanks to Board members
Jerry and Connie Paris who provided the volunteer support to make this a spectacular
event.
  Pictures of the rainbow that welcomed us to the
course as we started our day!
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PFC People
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Current PFC Science Intern turns Future Physician!
Congratulations to Mahsa Rezaei, an outstanding PFC science intern, who was recently
accepted to Rosalind Franklin Medical School here in Chicago! Mahsa did a
great job helping us find Rediscovery Research™ and reviewing other critical
information. Mahsa just graduated from the University of Illinois and was a
research assistant on campus. Good luck, Mahsa-we're very proud of you!
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Our
Mission
 Partnership
for Cures raises funds for Rediscovery Research™ that reuses, recombines and
reapplies existing science and medicine to quickly, safely and affordably create
new treatments for patients with catastrophic diseases who need help NOW!
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Together we can help create fast, safe and effective treatments
for those suffering from disease while they are still able to benefit!
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Board & Staff
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Executive
Board
John Aalbregtse
Chair
JA and Associates, LLC
Margaret Christie
Secretary
Golan and Christie, LLC
Steve Goldsher
Treasurer
Graphic Purchasing Solutions, LLC
Leslie Anderson
Senior VP-District Market Manager
Harris Bank
Steve Braun, CLU Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Liz Downey
Liz Downey and Associates
Thomas Furst
Furst Search Group
Mark Kosiek
The PrivateBank and Trust
Kevin R. Krantz
Stahl, Cowen, Crowley, LLC
Robert Miller
Millco Investments
Jerry Paris
MW Automotive Enterprises, Inc
Dr. Susan Sherman
Mont Clare Animal Hospital
Special
Advisors
Dr. Stephen Kron, Chair
Science Advisory Board University of Chicago
Laura Goff, Chair
Finance Committee
Deloitte Tax LLP
Neil Hirsch, Chair Development Committee
Judy Hirsch Foundation
Peter Kupferberg
Co-Chair, Development Committee
Gofen and Glossberg
Michael L. Lucas, Chair
Corporate Foundation Advancement
Leading Edge Investment Advisors
Dr. Alana Baum, Chair
Jasper Against Batten Fund
Lisa Kelly, Chair
Dogs for Cures Foundation
Scott Rothrock, Chair
Cure for MS Fund
Mark Weinberg, Chair
CRAVAT Foundation
Founders
George Goldman
Asset Partners
Judith A. Goldman
Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships
Senior Staff
Dr. Bruce Bloom
President and Chief Science Officer
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