| "The NeuroNet's innovative micro-venture
philanthropy system enables patients to collectively fund the
research that they believe will have the most promising outcome
and represents a powerful new way to support cutting edge research
for brain diseases."
-Zack Lynch, Founder and Executive Director,
Neurotechnology Industry Organization
"CureNeuro has a unique concept in allowing researchers
working on different diseases to interact and share ideas
in an open, collaborative forum. These open discussions may
accelerate developments in understanding diseases and finding
therapies in a way not possible in other contexts."
-Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, M.D., Ph.D.,
Director of the ALS Center, UCSF
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The NeuroNet
The NeuroNet is an internet based research
and funding network specifically designed to address structural
communication and funding challenges in the development of treatments
and cures for neurological diseases. It does this by:
- Providing a private and secure environment in which researchers
can freely collaborate and exchange ideas at all stages
of their work
- Aligning researchers with investors who have a specific
interest in the types of research they are conducting
- Empowering patients and individuals whose lives have
been affected by neurological diseases to get directly involved-at
any level- by choosing to support areas of research that
they believe will have the greatest impact
Researchers will gain access to vast real-time feedback and
collaborative networks at a rate and depth heretofore unrealized
while spending less time and energy seeking funding –
thereby expediting the process of eradicating debilitating
diseases like Alzheimer’s, ALS, Huntington’s,
MS, Parkinson’s, and hundreds of variants.
While the NeuroNet utilizes the well known open source principles
of collaboration, transparency and accessibility, its structure
is unique, simultaneously providing a private and secure environment
for idea exchange and access to diverse funding opportunities.
Researchers, funders, clinicians and other stakeholders can
interact with various degrees of security and information
sharing depending on their interest in specific subject matter,
time commitment and professional role. Even a basic level
of participation connects stakeholders with the most relevant
peer group in the world to immediately aggregate and process
their work.
Importantly, the inclusion of microfinance options for investors
increases the likelihood of participation by private citizens,
thereby increasing funding possibilities for researchers and
providing new avenues for individuals interested in supporting
neurological research.
For more
information on the NeuroNet, click here
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"CureNeuro has a great plan to leverage the
collaborative mindshare of thousands of researchers, funders,
clinicians and patients through an elegant online communication
platform. These efforts will hopefully break down existing barriers,
and serve as a catalyst for more outcome-driven research, designed
to speed time to drug discovery and bring treatments to those
who suffer from diseases for which there are no effective treatments
or cures."
-Ken
Toren, Executive Director, The Parkinson’s
Institute
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