UC Davis researcher receives grant for groundbreaking arthritis research4279907

Iannis Adamopoulos, a UC Davis researcher who specializes in skeletal and immune-system diseases, continues to be selected just as one Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) Scholar and Sontag Foundation Fellow. Adamopoulos will get a grant of $75,000 to further his promising research on rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Certainly one of 13 ANRF scholars, he is the only awardee to be recognized by the Sontag Foundation. ANRF is one of a small selection of tax deductible charities focusing on Arthritis Research.

"We are happy to name Dr. Adamopoulos since 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 disease that plagued my mother for 37 many ended her lifetime." Adamopoulos, a helper professor of internal medicine, found out that an immune cytokine known as interleukin 23 (IL-23) is really 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 step as part of his scientific studies are to discover the potential of IL-23 inhibitors as arthritis treatments. "Dr. Adamopoulos is shifting the focus of arthritis research and bone health investigations toward immune-system cells not previously named significant," said Timothy Albertson, acting chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at UC Davis. "This change may well have a very profound influence on expanding therapeutic options for those whose arthritis cannot be managed with current treatments. It can be admirable that this ANRF and Sontag Foundation possess the insight to identify his innovative work." Prior to joining UC Davis this year, 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 and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, Wolfson College, where he received a scholarship for research on inflammatory arthritis. Operating out of Long Beach, Calif., the ANRF provides research grants to outstanding, early-career scientists who are becoming leading researchers in rheumatic disease, autoimmunity and inflammation with all the purpose of finding new treating 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. Every year, the Sontag Foundation fully funds the grant of the ANRF-selected researcher who's studying rheumatoid arthritis. To learn more about how you can make online donations visit curearthritis.org. The [https://www.flickr.com/people/124589545@N02/ is probably the nation's leading medical schools, with regard to its research and primary-care programs. The teachers offers fully accredited master's degree programs in public places health insurance 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. As well as like a recognized leader in scientific research, the college is committed to serving under served communities and advancing rural health.