The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has granted $5.5 million in funding to expand the first…
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
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Self-reported sleep disturbances may be related to a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to…
Second Wind Dreams®, an Atlanta-based international non-profit organization for the gerontological population, is set to present its flagship…
A group of investigators from the University of Melbourne, Australia recently developed a simple blood test that could very…
TauRx Hosts Event to Inform on bvFTD Trial at International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias
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The Alzheimer’s Association is awarding a new series of grants to support research on non-drug…
Sleeping properly may help prevent neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, as it is during sleep that the brain cleanses its…
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A group of experts on Alzheimer’s Disease are contesting the U.S. Government’s pro-active plans to prevent and treat the…