CONFERENCE COVERAGE SERIES
Enabling Technologies for Alzheimer Disease Research: 2002 Bar Harbor Workshop
Bar Harbor, ME
04 – 06 August 2002
Enabling Technologies 2002 Workshop Summary
This report summarizes discussions at the second workshop on Enabling Technologies for Alzheimer's Disease (AD), held in August 2002 in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Pathways and Target Discovery: Bar Harbor 2002
A majority of investigators agree that AβPP processing, Aβgeneration, Aβ degradation, and Aβaggregation play a major role in Alzheimer's disease.
Biomarker Development: Bar Harbor 2002
Release Date: Not Available
Lead Discovery: Bar Harbor 2002
Lead discovery is hampered by the absence of good cell-based assays in which to screen libraries against AβPP secretases and other targets.
Mouse Models: Bar Harbor 2002
A key controversy revolved around the value of available mouse models.
Infrastructure Development: Bar Harbor 2002
Future recommendations from the Enabling Technologies for Alzheimer's Disease Workshop in Bar Harbor, Maine.