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Name: Medicine in Our Backyard
Start: 2019-01-29T03:00+00:00
End: 2019-01-29T04:30+00:00
Location: Newport Beach Central Library, Friends Meeting Room

Medicine in Our Backyard

Biomarkers and Drug Repositioning for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Date: 01/28/2019 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 01/28/2019 7:00 pm 01/28/2019 8:30 pm
Location: Newport Beach Central Library, Friends Meeting Room
1000 Avocado Avenue
Newport Beach, California 92660

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NBPL Foundation, in partnership with UC Irvine Health, presents Medicine in Our Backyard, a series of lectures featuring internationally known UC Irvine Health physicians who will discuss research and cutting edge technology in their various fields of expertise.

Speaker: Howard Federoff, MD
Title: Biomarkers and drug repositioning for neurodegenerative diseases

Dr. Howard Federoff made international news in 2014 after he led a team of researchers in designing a blood test that predicted the development of Alzheimer’s disease with 90 percent accuracy. He will discuss this groundbreaking discovery and new advances in Alzheimer’s disease research.

DETAILS:

6:30pm doors open
7:00–8:30pm lecture, Q&A
949.717.3890
Newport Beach Central Library
No charge to attend

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