Brown University has received a $100 million donation from alumnus Robert J. Carney and Nancy D. Carney to advance research into some of the world’s most challenging diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease. The gift triggered a change in the name of the already well-established Brown Institute for Brain…
CurePSP and the Rainwater Charitable Foundation (RCF) have joined forces to launch the “Prime of Life Brain Initiative,” an effort to support research seeking new treatments and cures for neurodegenerative diseases. Specifically, the initiative will focus on frontotemporal disorders, or conditions where tau protein forms toxic “tangles” that…
The transportation service Lyft is teaming up with the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation to help those who are participating in an Alzheimer’s trial get to and from U.S. and Canadian research sites. Under the agreement, Lyft will provide transportation for those taking part in Eli Lilly’s Phase 2 TRAILBLAZER-ALZ (NCT03367403) trial and their…
The total cost to care for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is projected to surpass a quarter of a trillion dollars in 2018 for the second consecutive year, according to a report from the Alzheimer’s Association. The organization’s recently released 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and…
This year’s one-million-euro Nobel of Neuroscience has been split among four European biologists whose research has pinned down the origins of Alzheimer’s disease. The winners of the Lundbeck Foundation Brain Prize are: • Michel Goedert, head of neurobiology at Cambridge University’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology. • Bart De Strooper, director of…
Clairvoyant Networks is accepting pre-orders for Theora Care, a new line of caregiver solutions designed to locate and connect with loved ones living with conditions like dementia, memory loss, or Alzheimer’s disease. The devices are expected to be launched this spring, according to the company’s website. Clairvoyant presented Theora Care…
Having one hour a week of social interaction, combined with a just a small amount of personalized care, can improve the quality of life of people with dementia who live in care homes, according to a recent study in the United Kingdom. These findings came from the Improving Wellbeing and…
Those caring for people with dementia often feel they don’t have a support system that can help them cope with their burden, a British study reports. The lack of support leads to stress, isolation and feelings of guilt, researchers said. One thing that could help, the University of Lincoln team suggested, was…
The University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine has joined a nationwide consortium of researchers looking for biological factors that could help predict blood-vessel-related health conditions, including dementia and Alzheimer’s. Six institutions besides USC are part of the initiative that the National Institutes of Health started two years ago. Scientists…
Texas A&M’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Celltex Therapeutics are teaming up to evaluate whether inflammation-fighting sacs that stem cells release could be used to treat Alzheimer’s. The fluid-filled sacs, which scientists call vesicles, transport material inside a cell. But cells often release them, and when this happens, they…
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