UC Davis researcher receives grant for groundbreaking arthritis research6147390

Iannis Adamopoulos, a UC Davis researcher who specializes in skeletal and immune-system diseases, has been selected just as one Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) Scholar and Sontag Foundation Fellow. Adamopoulos get a grant of $75,000 to help expand his promising research on rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. One of 13 ANRF scholars, he or she is the only real awardee to be recognized by the Sontag Foundation. ANRF is one of a small number of tax deductible charities that specialize in Arthritis Research.

"We are delighted to name Dr. Adamopoulos as The Sontag Foundation Fellow for 2011," said philanthropist and Sontag Foundation President Rick Sontag. "His work may provide the next breakthrough to finally end the debilitating illness that plagued my mother for 37 a few years ended her life." Adamopoulos, a helper professor of internal medicine, learned that an immune cytokine known as interleukin 23 (IL-23) is often a key regulator of joint inflammation and bone destruction. His finding that abnormal expression of IL-23 causes severe arthritis and bone loss in mice was recently confirmed in human cells. The next step in their research is to discover 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 recognized as significant," said Timothy Albertson, acting chair in the Department of Internal Medicine at UC Davis. "This change will probably have a profound impact on expanding therapeutic selections for those whose arthritis cannot be managed with current treatments. It's admirable how the ANRF and Sontag Foundation hold the insight to identify his innovative work." Ahead of joining UC Davis in 2010, Adamopoulos conducted drug discovery research at Schering-Plough Biopharma in Palo Alto, Calif. He holds a B.Sc. honors degree in the University of Surrey, an M.Phil. from University College London plus a D.Phil. in the University of Oxford, Wolfson College, where he received a scholarship for research on inflammatory arthritis. Based in Long Beach, Calif., the ANRF provides research grants to outstanding, early-career scientists who will be becoming leading researchers in rheumatic disease, autoimmunity and inflammation together with the goal of finding new treating of 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 year, the Sontag Foundation fully funds the grant of the ANRF-selected researcher that's studying rheumatoid arthritis. More resources for the best way to make online donations visit curearthritis.org. The [http://articles.pubarticles.com/how-to-uc-davis-researcher-receives-grant-for-groundbreaking-arthritis-research-1402581344,1415578.html is probably the nation's leading medical schools, recognized for its research and primary-care programs. The institution offers fully accredited master's degree programs in public areas health insurance and in informatics, and it is combined M.D.-Ph.D. program is training the next generation of physician-scientists to conduct high-impact research and translate discoveries into better clinical care. Together with like a recognized leader in medical research, the institution is dedicated to serving under served communities and advancing rural health.