UC Davis researcher receives grant for groundbreaking arthritis research2472375

Iannis Adamopoulos, a UC Davis researcher who specializes in skeletal and immune-system diseases, may be selected being an Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) Scholar and Sontag Foundation Fellow. Adamopoulos will receive a grant of $75,000 to help expand his promising research on rheumatoid arthritis. Certainly one of 13 ANRF scholars, he or she is the one awardee being recognized by the Sontag Foundation. ANRF is one of a limited number tax deductible charities that specialize in Arthritis Research.

"We are happy to name Dr. Adamopoulos as The Sontag Foundation Fellow for 2011," said philanthropist and Sontag Foundation President Rick Sontag. "His work may give you the next breakthrough to finally end the debilitating illness that plagued my mother for 37 years and ended her life." Adamopoulos, an assistant professor of internal medicine, discovered that an immune cytokine referred to as interleukin 23 (IL-23) is a key regulator of joint inflammation and bone destruction. His finding that abnormal expression of IL-23 causes severe arthritis and bone reduction in mice was recently confirmed in human cells. The next thing in their research is to look for the potential of IL-23 inhibitors as arthritis treatments. "Dr. Adamopoulos is shifting the main focus of arthritis research and bone health investigations toward immune-system cells not previously acknowledged as significant," said Timothy Albertson, acting chair from the Department of Internal Medicine at UC Davis. "This change will probably use a profound influence on expanding therapeutic choices for those whose arthritis is not managed with current treatments. It is admirable that this ANRF and Sontag Foundation hold the insight to identify his innovative work." Before joining UC Davis really, Adamopoulos conducted drug discovery research at Schering-Plough Biopharma in Palo Alto, Calif. He holds a B.Sc. honors degree from the University of Surrey, an M.Phil. from University College London and a D.Phil. in the University of Oxford, Wolfson College, where he received a scholarship for research on inflammatory arthritis. Situated in Long Beach, Calif., the ANRF provides research grants to outstanding, early-career scientists who're becoming leading researchers in rheumatic disease, autoimmunity and inflammation together with the objective of finding new treatments for debilitating, chronic diseases. The ANRF's highly competitive, NIH-level review process -- conducted by its Scientific Advisory Board -- means that only top-tier applicants and projects are funded. Each and every year, the Sontag Foundation fully funds the grant of the ANRF-selected researcher who is studying rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. For additional info on ways to make online donations visit curearthritis.org. The [http://mosque1garlic.rollr.com/posts/uc-davis-researcher-receives-grant-for-groundbreaking-arthritis-research is amongst the nation's leading medical schools, famous for its research and primary-care programs. The teachers offers fully accredited master's degree programs in public places health and in informatics, as well as combined M.D.-Ph.D. program is training generation x of physician-scientists to conduct high-impact research and translate discoveries into better clinical care. As well as as a recognized leader in scientific research, the teachers is focused on serving under served communities and advancing rural health.