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On July 26, a different kind of happening interrupted the usual bustle of activity at this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2016) in Canada. Attending scientists became the first viewers (at a sneak-peek preview before the North American premiere) of a new kind of full-length documentary film — one that reveals untold…

Researchers at the University of Sussex in England have built a protein closely resembling amyloid-β, except for the fact that it is not capable of aggregating. The new protein, described in a report titled, “A critical role for the self-assembly of Amyloid-β1-42 in neurodegeneration,“ published in the…

Each year on World Brain Day, July 22 the year, the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) dedicates a brain awareness campaign to a different topic. Tomorrow’s will draw our attention to the aging brain — and the diseases that damage it. The campaign hopes to be a wake-up call for politicians and…

North Carolina-based Muses Labs will show its latest technology and services July 24-28 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2016 in Toronto, Canada. Expected to spur most interest is a presentation by the company’s chief technology officer, John Q. Walker — results from a pilot study of the MEND Protocol, a…

That running can boost our memory to the same degree or more than brain training is an old observation that still puzzles scientists worldwide. But a new study by National Institute on Aging scientists is providing information about how that happens and emphasizing that to keep memory from fading, people should keep running. The study, “…

California-based researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging created a method capable of screening substances that might be effective in age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease — with the help of roundworms. The new tool, presented at the Allied Genetics Conference in Orlando, Florida, on July 15,…

Scientists have developed a novel form of vaccine targeting the two main proteins triggering Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-beta and tau protein. Researchers and physicians have seen an increase in Alzheimer’s disease, with more than 7.5 million new cases diagnosed worldwide per year. There is an urgent but still unmet need for a vaccine and…

Muses Labs and Metabolon announced they have entered into a partnership to assess the application of metabolomics in people with early symptoms of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Metabolomics measures changes in levels of metabolites (small molecules) and maps them to specific biochemical pathways to give clinicians a…

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 changes consistent with long-term repetitive concussive brain injury,” the future cognitive impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) has…

A new immunotherapy targeting apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4), a genetic variant of apolipoprotein E that increases the risk of early onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), may be a potential therapeutic approach for a good number of patients with the disease, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Researchers, working with mouse models, found that blocking…