Advancing New Discoveries Through Science and Philanthropy
Advancing New Discoveries Through Science and Philanthropy
Advancing New Discoveries Through Science and Philanthropy
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PBRF 2010 Annual Report 5<br />
Pennington Biomedical Research Center<br />
<strong>Advancing</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Discoveries</strong> through <strong>Science</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Philanthropy</strong><br />
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center<br />
is at the forefront of medical research, working<br />
passionately <strong>and</strong> deliberately on treating <strong>and</strong><br />
preventing obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular<br />
disease, cancer, <strong>and</strong> dementia. Working in<br />
over 50 laboratories, the Center’s scientists are<br />
searching for answers to help us live healthier by<br />
sharing their findings with physicians, healthcare<br />
practitioners, private industry, researchers, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
public.<br />
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center is<br />
uniquely positioned to conduct medical research<br />
<strong>and</strong> move it rapidly to a point that benefits society. It is called translational research. In order to save lives, enhance<br />
quality of life <strong>and</strong> preserve health, the Center pursues knowledge in three broad arenas: basic science, clinical science,<br />
<strong>and</strong> population science.<br />
This range of research activities allows the Center to foster basic science discoveries, promote clinical applications <strong>and</strong><br />
encourage the translation of the findings to the population at large.<br />
Pennington scientists are seeking answers to the many diseases that can afflict us all...<br />
• Metabolic diseases - seeking ways to reverse <strong>and</strong> prevent type 2 diabetes<br />
• Cancers - advancing studies on the prevention of breast cancer recurrence <strong>and</strong> groundbreaking research developing<br />
compounds that attack cancer<br />
• Healthy aging - uncovering how caloric restriction, physical activity <strong>and</strong> other interventions improve <strong>and</strong> extend lives<br />
• Neurological diseases - identifying the basis for the diagnosis <strong>and</strong> prevention of dementia <strong>and</strong> Alzheimer’s disease<br />
• Cardiovascular diseases - investigating preventive solutions to hypertension, heart attack <strong>and</strong> stroke<br />
• Obesity - exploring genetic, environmental <strong>and</strong> lifestyle factors contributing to adult <strong>and</strong> childhood obesity
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