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Next Generation Prevention - A Giving Smarter Guide

2 Apr 2019

Precision health focuses on improving overall health and preventing disease, rather than treating disease. Using individual patient information like genetics, environmental and psychosocial factors, and lifestyle, precision health as an...

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James A. Randall and Cara Altimus, PhD

2 Apr 2019

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Nonprofits: A Growing Force in Drug Development

8 May 2020

Shepherding a drug from discovery to the market is a complex process that involves many actors. The process often begins with academic researchers making a breakthrough discovery in the lab and ends with pharmaceutical companies running...

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Kirstie Keller and Cara Altimus, PhD

8 May 2020

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Alzheimer's Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide

27 Sep 2019

Alzheimer’s disease is increasingly in the spotlight after a number of high-profile clinical trial failures—an alarming trend as an estimated 5.5 million adult Americans live with this disease, which disproportionally affects the aged...

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More than a Quarter of People Living with Depression and Bipolar Report Symptoms Began Before Age 12

10 Sep 2018

WASHINGTON, September 10, 2018 – Twenty-seven percent of people living with depression or bipolar report that their symptoms began before age 12 and two-thirds reported that symptoms began prior to age 18. These preliminary findings are the...

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Milken Institute Convenes Global Leaders in Singapore for Asia Summit, 13-14 September 2018

17 Aug 2018

SINGAPORE — The Milken Institute will bring together regional and global leaders representing more than 20 countries for its fifth annual Asia Summit in Singapore. The program, which will be held 13-14 September 2018, will address the...

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Milken Institute MENA Summit Opens In Abu Dhabi: Global Leaders Address Region's Pressing Challenges

19 Mar 2021

Strategic Investment for Sustainable Growth is the theme for summit with focus on advances in technology, education, healthcare, capital markets ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 500 world...

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Epilepsy - A Giving Smarter Guide

9 Oct 2016

At the time of this report, approximately 30 to 40 percent of epilepsy patients were treatment resistant. The most catastrophic forms of epilepsy occur in very young children and have a lifelong negative impact on patients, families, and...

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Sonya B. Dumanis

Formerly Milken Institute

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Bladder Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide

6 Oct 2019

More than 500,000 people in the US suffer from bladder cancer. At the time of this report, it was the fifth most common cancer in the US. It is also the most expensive cancer to treat and frequently reoccurs. Despite the fact that the...

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide

13 Jun 2016

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a collection of diseases including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, which result in chronic inflammation and damage along the lining and tissues of the digestive tract. The disease greatly affects...

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Erik Lontok, LaTese Briggs, Sonya Dumanis, Ekemini Riley, Danielle Salka, and Melissa Stevens

13 Jun 2016

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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 - A Giving Smarter Guide

2 Jun 2016

With no effective therapies and no cure, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a genetic disease that can cause a broad range of abnormalities all throughout the body. A hallmark feature of the disease is the growth of tumors on nerves...

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YooRi Kim, LaTese Briggs, Erik Lontok, Ekemini Riley, and Melissa Stevens

2 Jun 2016

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