The Katie (Pohl) Dopirak Memorial Grant
Contributed by: The Pohl Family
Established in 2019.
- TOLL-FREE HELPLINE: 1-800-659-1991
- CONTACT US
- Supporting Families Affected by Prion Disease
This study tests the possibility of using a specific version of anti-prion antibody (a nanobody) to block prion propagation and thereby to stop the progression of prion disease. The nanobody is a promising therapeutic agent against prion disease, binds to PrPc with high affinity, abolishes prion infection in cells, inhibits prion propagation by PMCA, and shows no neurotoxicity in brain cell cultures.
Contributed by: The Pohl Family
Established in 2019.
Contributed by: Tim Molloy and Family
Established in 2019.
Contributed by: Sandra (Cookie) Stivison
Established in 2015.
Contributed by: The Jeffrey and Mary Smith Family Foundation; Zoë Smith Jaye and Jenny Smith Unruh; and Mary Smith
Established in 2015.
Contributed by: The Families of the CJD Foundation
Funds donated by supporters of the CJD Foundation have been applied to research grants awarded since 2009.
This website was made possible by a generous donation from Cookie Stivison, in memory of her husband Tom Stivison, and a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
