According to the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), a nonprofit organization that specializes in biomedical research and information dissemination on the health benefits of coffee, people who drink about 3 to 5 cups of coffee per day may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s Disease.
Researchers from the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) blocked a sleep-regulating protein, orexin, in mice with a form of Alzheimer’s disease, making them sleep longer and blocking brain symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The research appeared Nov. 24 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Biogen Idec, the company behind several of today’s most widely sold multiple sclerosis drugs, has been developing a novel treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, called BIIB037, which has shown great potential in blocking beta amyloid — one of the hallmarks of this common form of dementia…
A new study entitled “Evaluating the relationship between amyloid-β and α-synuclein phosphorylated at Ser129 in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease” reports a correlation between α-synuclein and amyloid-β in the brain of patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease. The study was published in the…
A large study entitled “Genome-wide studies of verbal declarative memory in non-demented older people: the CHARGE consortium” was recently published in the journal Biological Psychiatry and sought to identify the genetics of memory function in older individuals. One of the most essential aspects of human cognition is the…
Researchers have recently discovered a specific network of regions in the brain that are more susceptible to degenerative diseases and brain disorders like schizophrenia. The study, entitled “A common brain network links development, aging, and vulnerability to disease” was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal by…
According to a Caring.com report, 42 percent of family members taking care of Alzheimer’s or dementia family members spend upwards of $20,000 or more per year. These care-giving expenses include out-of-pocket costs for assisted living, medications, medical bills, professional in-home caregivers, products for incontinence, wandering products, transportation, and more. Of…
A brief study entitled “Potential role of orexin and sleep modulation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease” identified orexin, a protein that triggers the brain to wake after sleeping, as a potential new factor in Alzheimer’s disease. The study was published in November issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Another investigational drug trial for the treatment of Alzheimer’s is set to release key findings within the next few months. Neurotrope, Inc. recently announced the closure of their Phase 2a clinical trial of Bryostatin-1, as the last patient enrolled in the study was administered the drug. The trial was conducted under an Investigational New…
The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine recently launched a new initiative against Alzheimer’s Disease that aims to encourage the use of the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium’s (TARCC) large patient cohort. The TARCC Investigator Grant Program will be awarding a total of five inaugural grants worth $50,000 each, and two grants…
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