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Alzheimer’s Might Be Transmissible in Certain Circumstances, Research Suggests

New research from the University of Zurich and Vienna Medical University contradicts the conventional and more accepted theory that Alzheimer’s disease is not transmissible. Alzheimer’s-like pathology was detected in the brains of patients who received dura mater grafts and later died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The research paper, “Amyloid-β pathology and cerebral…

‘Huddle Up for Alzheimer’s’ Campaign Encourages Clinical Trial Participation

A National Football League broadcaster and former NFL player is urging Americans to “Huddle Up for New Alzheimer’s Treatments” by participating in clinical trials testing new drugs that may potentially treat the degenerative brain disease. The new educational and awareness-raising campaign teams Solomon Wilcots with Axovant Sciences, Ltd., and patient advocacy groups in…

Environmental Toxin May Increase Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

A collaboration between researchers at the Institute for EthnoMedicine and the University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank revealed that chronic exposure to an environmental toxin has the potential to increase the risk for neurodegenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease. The research paper, “Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers…

Alzheimer’s Drug Researchers with ADDF Grants Gaining Access to New Services

PsychoGenics Inc. and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced a collaboration that opens PsychoGenics’ Alzheimer’s animal models and investigational services to recipients of ADDF grants who are working in preclinical Alzheimer’s drug discovery programs. Through the collabortion, PsychoGenics will offer its products and services to ADDF-funded biotechnology companies on “extremely favorable…

For Alzheimer’s Disease Patients, Company’s Cell Line Shows Treatment Promise

Neuralstem Inc. researchers have released the preclinical results of a human stem cell line with the potential to treat Alzheimer’s disease patients. The research paper, “Human Cortical Neural Stem Cells Expressing Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I: A Novel Cellular Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease,” was published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine. Neuralstem’s…

Alzheimer’s Disease Research Alliance Reaches Key Milestone

Evotec AG has reached an important milestone concerning its TargetAD partnership with Janssen Pharmaceuticals for the transition of a product into further drug discovery process. Even though the announcement was made this year, the milestone was reached in 2015. Evotec’s TargetAD database is a customized system to provide unique information on the connection between molecular…

Alzheimer’s Texas Cuts Ties with National Group Over Funding Dispute

Austin-based Alzheimer’s Association Capital of Texas Chapter (known as Alzheimer’s Texas) announced that the organization has separated from the national organization, based in Chicago. The organization, a leader in Alzheimer’s care, education, and support in Central Texas, and the state’s pre-eminent force for new funding for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research, says that the…