Protein research offers "promising" potential treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Research co-led by the University of Glasgow has made a potential breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Navigation skill test could diagnose brain changes long before memory fails
View ArticleNew Cognitive Stress Test Can Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
A cognitive stress test co-developed by a Miller School researcher is highly effective in detecting early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published recently in a national journal.
View ArticleSimple Mind-Body Therapies Shown to Improve Subjective Cognitive Decline, a...
New Study from School of Public Health professor published in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
View ArticleNew understanding of key enzymes could help to develop new drugs to treat...
University of Leicester researchers shed light on the role of inositol phosphate molecules in gene regulatory complexes
View ArticleWorld-first Victorian drug trial aims to slow Alzheimer’s disease
The University of Melbourne has put out a call to Victorians to join the world’s largest drug trial aiming to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
View ArticleChemical biology work could help to develop better drugs for the treatment of...
New work by an interdisciplinary Bath-Leicester-Oxford team provides fundamental insights into specific protein complexes in the body. This may provide the basis for the development of drugs that are...
View ArticleAn experimental Alzheimer’s drug reverses genetic changes thought to spur the...
Aging takes its toll on the brain, and the cells of the hippocampus—a brain region with circuitry crucial to learning and memory—are particularly vulnerable to changes that can lead to Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine Study Identifies Compound That...
Research in Flies Could Have Major Implications for Human Disease
View ArticleRCGP response to Alzheimer's Society report on care homes
Professor Nigel Mathers, Honorary Secretary for the Royal College of GPs, said: “Many of our most frail patients, including those with dementia, live in Care Homes and Nursing Homes and their care is...
View ArticleStudy Contradicts Belief that Cancer Protects against Alzheimer’s
Despite studies that claim people with cancer are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease–raising the possibility that what triggers cancer also prevents the neurodegenerative disorder–a new...
View ArticleDiagnosing Alzheimer's earlier rather than later
Looking into the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists led by EPFL have found clues that could help doctors diagnose or even treat Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages.
View ArticleGenetic Variations that Boost PKC Enzyme Contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease
PKC alpha is required for pathological consequences of amyloid beta plaques; mutations that enhance its activity found in patients with the disease
View ArticleTo reduce risk for Alzheimer’s, skip Lumosity and get onto the yoga mat
UCLA study finds that yoga and meditation can help minimize cognitive impairment
View ArticleAlzheimer’s research needs a new theoretical framework
According to Bart De Strooper (VIB/KU Leuven), it is unlikely that molecular genetics or molecular cell biology will continue to broaden our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) the way it has...
View ArticleCurrent Screening Methods Miss Worrisome Number of Persons with Mild...
“False-negatives” mean persons at greater risk for Alzheimer’s disease may not get timely care
View ArticleWill heart medication help treat Alzheimer’s disease?
A new study from Örebro University, published in Science Signaling today, shows that heart medication reduces the build-up of plaque in the brain’s blood vessels in mice. The question is if this is...
View ArticleExperts call for patient care guidelines and effective therapies to combat...
Some 47 million people worldwide suffer from some form of dementia. Scientists are working feverishly to find a cure for the most common form, Alzheimer’s. At the Congress of the European Academy of...
View ArticleGenetic Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease Associated with Changes in Brain...
Possible Implications for Development of Prevention Therapies
View ArticleRoadmap for biomarker research on Alzheimer’s disease should lead to better...
Biomarkers could revolutionise the early detection of and therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. However, experts attending the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Copenhagen criticized...
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