Cure Alzheimer’s Fund teams up with Mass General to explore genetics behind the disease
On Oct. 18, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (CAF) announced a gift of $5.4 million to Mass General to lead an unprecedented Alzheimer’s research project to explore the genetic factors that affect the brain and increase the risk of disease.
13th Annual Storybook Ball Raises More Than $1.3 Million
The 13th annual Storybook Ball, held Oct. 20 at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, raised more than $1.3 million to benefit numerous clinical and research programs within MassGeneral Hospital for Children as well as for an appeal that supported nutrition and music and art therapy programs.
Honorary Co-chairs Host MGH Campaign Celebration
In September, John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, honorary co-chairs of the $1.5 billion Campaign for the Third Century of MGH Medicine, hosted more than 400 key supporters at their Brookline home. The evening reception paid tribute to philanthropy’s key roll in advancing health care.
Mass General Cancer Center Hosts Opening Celebration for Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies
Thanks to Henri A. Termeer and Belinda A. Herrera-Termeer’s $10 million gift, Massachusetts General Hospital has built a world-class center dedicated to developing drugs that target genetic weaknesses within tumors to treat many types of cancer.
