The session entitled Guamanian ALS Parkinson's Dementia Complex was co-chaired by Dr. Richard Smith and his colleague Dr. Jeffery Kelly, co-chairman of the Department of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research.
The following presentations were included in this session:
The Vanishing Incidence of ALS-PD on Guam: Current Implications (Ralph Garruto, PhD, Binghamton University)
From Guam to ALS Therapy (Paul Cox, PhD, Director of the Institute for Ethnomedicine)
The Emerging Role of Misfolded Synuclein Prions in Initiation and Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Russ Lebovitz, MD, PhD, CEO of Amprion Inc.)
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