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NIH Launches Program to Investigate Link Between Alzheimer’s and Vascular Disease

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have launched the Molecular Mechanisms of the Vascular Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease (M²OVE-AD) Consortium to better understand how the body’s vascular system, its network of large and…

CurePSP Nonprofit Focuses on Neurodegenerative Conditions, Including Alzheimer’s Disease

CurePSP is a Maryland-based nonprofit organization that focuses on neurodegenerative diseases that strike when people are in their 50s to 70s, including Alzheimer’s disease. PSP stands for progressive supranuclear palsy, which is a neurodegenerative disorder that impacts movement, walking, speech, balance, mood, vision, behavior, and cognition. Like Alzheimer’s, PSP is characterized by…

Early Alzheimer’s Patients in Nutrition Study Found to Gain in Memory and Other Abilities

European scientists have demonstrated that a nutritional drink, Fortasyn Connect, does not benefit broad cognitive function to the degree expected, but it can help to conserve brain tissue and memory in early, or prodromal, Alzheimer’s disease patients. The clinical trial is part of the LipiDiDiet project, a large European study exploring the therapeutic and…

Alzheimer’s-linked Buildup of Amyloid Beta More Common Than Thought, Study Finds

The buildup of amyloid beta plaques in Alzheimer’s disease is believed to result from patients’ inability to break down the protein. But a new study from Lund University, Sweden, showed that overproduction of amyloid beta is more common than previously thought, giving a more nuanced picture of Alzheimer’s pathology. A small number of Alzheimer’s…

Alzheimer’s Transition from Asymptomatic to Dementia May Be Foreseen in a Protein Biomarker

Researchers in Germany have identified a potential brain inflammation biomarker in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with early and asymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease. This biomarker may help clinicians identify Alzheimer’s at its transition stage from preclinical disease to cognitive impairment and dementia progression. The research, titled “sTREM2 cerebrospinal fluid levels are a potential biomarker…