Prana Announces That New York Academy of Sciences eBriefing Is...

Prana Announces That New York Academy of Sciences eBriefing Is Available Online
>>'Targeting Metals in Alzheimer's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases' Symposium<<
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Jan 29, 2013) - Prana Biotechnology ( NASDAQ : PRAN ) ( ASX : PBT ) today announced that the New York Academy of Sciences eBriefing which provides information and video footage of the symposium which took place on November 29th titled "Targeting Metals in Alzheimer's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases" is now available for viewing by the public by going to: www.nyas.org/MetalsandAD-eB. The eBriefing features multimedia presentations of speakers' slides and audio, written meeting summary, and links to related resources.
Dr. Rudy Tanzi, the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard University and Prana's Chief Scientific Advisor, and Dr. Robert Cherny, Prana's Head of Research, are featured in the eBriefing. The presentations explore in depth the causative events leading to the neuropathology that drives Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington disease. This symposium examined how these findings led to the discovery of small molecules designed to restore the balance of transition metals in the brain that are critical for neuronal function, reduce the accumulation of aggregated target proteins, and could have a disease-modifying effect. A review of Prana's PBT2 clinical history is also presented.