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The Story

Jacob’s Ladder, The Canadian Foundation for the Control of Neurodegenerative Disease is a charitable organization founded in 1998, which aims to benefit children like Jacob Schwartz and reduce the occurrences of neurodegenerative disease in the future. A group of dedicated business and community leaders, doctors, researchers and concerned parents came together to form this organization.

A Note from the Office

What a year, we celebrated Jacob’s Bar Mitzvah, another milestone in his life. Special because he was here to celebrate it, no small miracle…

Medical Update

This past year Drs. William Trimble and Sergio Grinstein were the recipients of the third round of funding through the Jacobs Ladder Foundation…

What’s Being Done

The 10th Annual Norman Saunders Jacob’s Ladder International Research Prize was awarded to Dr. Charles A. Thorton, MD

Research to discover and develop therapy and diagnosis for neurodegenerative diseases
Genetic screening in Canada for parents and parents-to-be
To facilitate educating medical personnel and the public about rare genetic diseases, such as Canavan disease, and the screening that is available

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