Ana de Barros, PhD, managing science editor —

The Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation has granted the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, a $5.75 million gift to fund research on Lewy body dementia. Mayo will be launching a new program dedicated to advancing knowledge on diseases that cause a…

According to a recent study from a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University, a mutation in a specific neuroprotective protein called ADNP has different expressions between males and females. This research adds new insights to what is currently known about the etiology of autism and Alzheimer’s disease. The results…

A recent study titled ”Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease exhibit a high prevalence of undiagnosed impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus,” conducted by Scott Turner MD, PhD from Georgetown University and colleagues, found that 43% of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients have undiagnosed impaired glucose intolerance. The findings…

Pharnext, a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics called pleodrugs that simultaneously target multiple key disease pathways for serious orphan and common neurological diseases, recently announced the pre-clinical findings of their ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial designed to examine the efficacy and safety profile of on of their pipeline pleodrugs, called…

A team of researchers from Japan found that Alzheimer’s symptoms can be reduced when sugars are averted from binding to one of the disease key enzymes, named BACE1. The study entitled “An aberrant sugar modification of BACE1 blocks its lysosomal targeting in Alzheimer’s disease“, was published…

Patients receiving treatment to correct or control atrial fibrillation, and end up being “overtreated” for a long period of time with anti-clotting medication warfarin, in combination with antiplatelet treatments aspirin or clopidigrel, may have an increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s…

A team of researchers from Australia aimed to determine the occurrence of eating abnormalities in subtypes of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) besides the well established behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). The study entitled “Quantifying the Eating Abnormalities in Frontotemporal Dementia”, was recently published in…

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s can provoke a neural dysfunction that affects the patient’s behavior, leading to criminality. This is according to a research recently published in the journal JAMA Neurology. Despite the concerning results, the scientists noted that Alzheimer’s patients were among the least likely to developing…

The in-home care provider for seniors in the U.S. and Canada, Home Care Assistance of Toronto, is organizing an event to launch its Cognitive Therapeutics Method (CTM) in Ontario. The proprietary science-based cognitive stimulation program, designed to be administrated in patients’ homes, will be discussed by…

A new treatment strategy for inherited dementia and Alzheimer’s disease was identified using stem cells derived from affected neurons. The study, entitled, “Restoration of Progranulin Expression Rescues Cortical Neuron Generation in an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Model of Frontotemporal Dementia” was recently published in…