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The $100 million IDEAS (Imaging Dementia — Evidence for Amyloid Scanning) Study is working closely with researchers and government officials to add three additional studies to the main project, where more than 18,000 people ... Read more

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

Patient Advocacy Groups Welcome 40% Increase in Alzheimer’s NIH Research Funds Authorized by Congress

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The U.S. Congress last week authorized an additional 40 percent in funds for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research, boosting the fiscal 2017 total by $400 million to nearly $1.4 billion as ... Read more

June 6, 2016June 6, 2016

New Research Reveals Certain Protein Protects Against Neurodegenerative Diseases

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A new study led by biomedical scientists at Indiana University has revealed evidence that the NMNAT2 enzyme may be protective against the debilitating effects of certain degenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s Disease. ... Read more

February 26, 2016February 27, 2016

Partnership Yields Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Breakthrough at 2 Canadian Universities

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A collaboration between researchers at two universities in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Canada has resulted in the discovery of an innovative, non-invasive diagnostic agent for Alzheimer’s disease, where before ... Read more

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015

Exercise Boosts the Brain In Alzheimer’s Patients, According to Research

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It is widely accepted that exercise is good for your health, but can it even increase brain cells? That is the conclusion from several new reports published in the first issue ... Read more

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015

Amyloid Plaques Found To Build Up Around Brain’s Blood Vessels Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Amyloid plaques impair astrocyte function to regulate brain vessels’ blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease. These are the findings from a study entitled “Vascular amyloidosis impairs the gliovascular unit in a mouse model ... Read more

October 5, 2015October 5, 2015

miRNAs in Exosomes May Serve as Basis for New Alzheimer Diagnostic Tests

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As a disease that is best detected and treated early after onset, Alzheimer disease is characterized by a variety of aberrantly regulated proteins and molecules, which once identified can be ... Read more

October 1, 2015October 2, 2015

Collaboration for Alzheimer’s Prevention: An Initiative to Advance Alzheimer’s Disease Research

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In a recent paper published in the Nature Reviews in Neurology journal, a team of US researchers discussed the current challenges, opportunities and emerging evaluation methods in preclinical Alzheimer ... Read more

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015

Researchers Design Promising Amyloid Plaque Inhibitors For Alzheimer ’s Disease

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In a recent study entitled “A Hot-Segment-Based Approach for the Design of Cross-Amyloid Interaction Surface Mimics as Inhibitors of Amyloid Self-Assembly” and published in Angewandte Chemie, a team of scientists from ... Read more

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015

New Analysis Tool Identified for Predicting the Efficacy of AChE Inhibitors in Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

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In a recent study published in the journal Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, a team of researchers found that the use of multiscale entropy analysis (MSE), of EEG ... Read more