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Researchers have successfully used a viral transport mechanism to deliver a gene to the brain of mice that prevented the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The results could have a ... Read more

July 14, 2016July 14, 2016

Traumatic Brain Injury Linked to Parkinson’s But Not Alzheimer’s in Large Study

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Ever since Dr. Bennet Omalu, who Will Smith portrayed in the movie “Concussion,” released his 2005 study — based on autopsy results from a former professional football player — that revealed “neuropathological ... Read more

April 6, 2016April 6, 2016

17 Potential Alzheimer’s Drugs to Be Focus of Alzheimer’s Talks Teleconference on April 11

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Two important Alzheimer’s research organizations, Researchers Against Alzheimer’s (RA2) and Us Against Alzheimer’s (UsA2), will host an Alzheimer’s Talks Teleconference on April 11 to discuss recently released findings of an analysis of ... Read more

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015

Alzheimer’s Puts Heavier Economic Burden on Women, According to Study

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Results from a recent study showed that women are more likely to not only be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), but to also be more heavily burdened by the ... Read more

August 20, 2015August 20, 2015

Researchers Develop Complete Human Brain Model In The Lab To Study Alzheimer’s Disease

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This week, Ohio State University (OSU) researcher, Dr. Rene Anand, PhD, MS whose laboratory is focused on studying how genes and the environment interact to increase susceptibility to neurodevelopmental, ... Read more

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015

Early Predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease May Not Occur in a Specific Sequence

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A research article, titled, “Subtle Cognitive Decline and Biomarker Staging in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease” recently published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease by a team of investigators from the ... Read more

July 8, 2015July 8, 2015

Long-term Memories Maintained by Prion-like Proteins

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Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have released multiple study findings showing that long term memories are stored with the help of prion-like proteins called CPEB. These CPEB proteins ... Read more

June 22, 2015June 24, 2015

Study Finds Possible Association Between Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis

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A study published in the latest edition of the journal PLOS Medicine used gene variant analysis to assess the association between modifiable risk factors and individual patient susceptibility to ... Read more

March 20, 2015March 20, 2015

Study Finds Evidence That the MIND Diet May Protect Patients From Developing Alzheimer’s Disease

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Researchers at the Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL and Harvard School of Public Health in Boston recently published results from an observational study that showed when a patient’s ... Read more

March 16, 2015March 16, 2015

Harvard Researchers Uncover Mechanisms of Genetic Mutations that lead to familial Alzheimer’s disease

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A recently published study conducted by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, suggests that the currently held assumptions about the pathogenic mutation process associated with the ... Read more

Posts by: Kara Elam

Kara Elam

Mice Study May Have Profound Impact on Gene Therapy to Treat Alzheimer’s

Traumatic Brain Injury Linked to Parkinson’s But Not Alzheimer’s in Large Study

17 Potential Alzheimer’s Drugs to Be Focus of Alzheimer’s Talks Teleconference on April 11

Alzheimer’s Puts Heavier Economic Burden on Women, According to Study

Researchers Develop Complete Human Brain Model In The Lab To Study Alzheimer’s Disease

Early Predictors of Alzheimer’s Disease May Not Occur in a Specific Sequence

Long-term Memories Maintained by Prion-like Proteins

Study Finds Possible Association Between Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis

Study Finds Evidence That the MIND Diet May Protect Patients From Developing Alzheimer’s Disease

Harvard Researchers Uncover Mechanisms of Genetic Mutations that lead to familial Alzheimer’s disease

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