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The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and the Boston-based software company OnDeckBiotech are launching a new open access platform with the purpose of creating an improved way to connect scientists with a virtual network of contract research organizations (CROs), drug development experts, and educational resources. The announcement was made on third day of…

For diseases that science has yet to find a cure, researchers are hard at work developing preventive medicine, better diagnostic tools, and risk calculation methods. A biotech company that specializes in advancing serum-based assays for neurodegenerative conditions has just announced an exclusive Fall 2014 release of a patented test that can predict the development…

The identification of a genetic variant may lead to improved diagnostics for predicting the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Amyloid-beta (Aβ) is the main component of amyloid plaques, i.e., extracellular deposits in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a new study entitled “Apolipoprotein E Genotype and…

Featureflash / Shutterstock.com Actress Julianne Moore is starring a movie about the struggle against Alzheimer’s disease, a drama about a 50-year-old college professor who is diagnosed with Early-onset Familial Alzheimer’s. In addition, the movie is looking to raise awareness about the disease and show what it…

Back in 2005, researchers published findings on Alzheimer’s Disease that were quite bold, linking insulin deficiency with an increased risk for amyloid plaque build up. Amyloid plaque has been associated with this common form of dementia since the early 2000s, and is believed to cause the neurodegenerative…

For some Chinese Alzheimer’s disease patients, genes can have an impact on cognitive decline. A recent study from Beijing Hospital & Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Ministry of Health, entitled “APOE and APOC1 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Cognitive Impairment Progression in Chinese Patients with Late-Onset…

Music can stimulate the communicative capacities of seniors with dementia, as suggested by a study conducted in a retirement community in Israel and recently published at the Journal of Music Therapy. The researchers aimed to test the common idea of music therapists that music could help patients…

A study conducted by a research team from the University of Oxford in England revealed preliminary data that point to a possible relationship between obesity and dementia, especially when people experience obesity in early to mid-adult ages, reported Pallavi Srivastava in an article for GIZMODO India (“How…

Alzheimer’s Disease, the most common form of dementia, affects over 5 million Americans today. Mostly, it develops in much older adults, causing progressively worsening memory loss, cognitive and physical impairment, and eventually death. In fact, it ranks as the 6th leading…

A study newly published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reveals that activity within the memory-oriented brain region of the hippocampus is in fact bidirectional, a key observation that could fuel new advancements into Alzheimer’s research. The study, entitled “Reversal of theta rhythm flow through intact hippocampal circuits,” (Nature…