Biogen Idec, the company behind several of today’s most widely sold multiple sclerosis drugs, has been developing a…
Ana de Barros, PhD
Ana holds a PhD in immunology from the University of Lisbon and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) in Lisbon, Portugal. Ana was awarded two FCT fellowships and has won the Portuguese Immunology Society Best Paper and Best Poster award in 2009 and 2010, as well as the CESPU International Research Award in 2010. After leaving the lab to pursue a career in science communication, she served as the director of science communication at iMM Lisbon.
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Articles by Ana de Barros, PhD
A large study entitled “Genome-wide studies of verbal declarative memory in non-demented older people: the CHARGE…
The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine recently launched a new initiative against Alzheimer’s Disease that aims to encourage…
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Biopharmaceutical company Anavex Life Sciences Corp. recently presented encouraging results from their phase 1 clinical trial, a…
A recent review from Schichun Tu and colleagues entitled “Oligomeric Aβ-induced synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease”…
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In a research article entitled “Primary age-related…
The Cigna Foundation announced that is awarding a $196,000 World of Difference grant to the Alzheimer’s Association to…
A novel, potentially disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is set to begin a Phase 2a…