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A simple test that measures how fast people walk and whether they have cognitive issues can determine how likely they are to develop dementia, which includes diseases such as Alzheimer’s, within 12 years. These are the conclusions of a study led by scientists at the Albert Einstein College of…

Recent results from Prana Biotechnology’s IMAGINE Alzheimer’s trial, released earlier this year (March), as well as the company’s ongoing sub-analysis, has suggested to the company’s research team that further analysis of the PiB-PET Standardized Uptake Value Ratio (SUVR) and the tendency towards preservation of brain volume in PBT2 treated patients may be necessary. The results…

Assertions of a potential link between Lyme disease and Alzheimer’s deaths have been shown baseless by new research at the University of Toronto Mississauga A U of T Mississauga release notes that while researching his book “The Alzheimer’s Epidemic—Searching for Causes and a Cure” (Emeritus Books),…

The onset of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as its symptoms, may be slowed down by a natural compound present in pomegranates, according to research conducted at the University of Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, UK. During his two-year project, Dr. Olumayokun Olajide, a specialist in anti-inflammatory properties of natural…

A team of researchers who conducted an eight-year study of elderly people believe they have found a relationship between depression and dementia that suggests that treating the first can reduce a part of the effects of the second. The study, published in the journal Neurology, indicates that older people…

Scientists from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) believe they have found modifications in a new gene, PLXNA4, which may be a risk factor in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) development. According to a recent article on Genetic Engineering News, researchers used data from a previous study, the…

Bioengineers at the University of Washington have designed peptide structures that can neutralize the conversion of a protein from its normal state into an abnormally folded, toxic form, preventing more than 40 amyloid diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Type 2 diabetes, for example. Ultimately, this could allow doctors…

A group of scientists is researching the possibility of utilizing a set of compounds developed for cancer treatment as a novel oral therapy for treating Alzheimer’s disease. Up until now, the team had only tested and evaluated injected epothilone D, a brain-penetrant MT-stabilizer, in mice and AD patients. However, in spite of the fact…

An abnormal protein in the brain may play an important role in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a group of scientists at the Mayo Clinic discovered. Although they still haven’t figured out whether this protein, called TAR DNA binding protein of 43kDa (TDP-43), is a cause of Alzheimer’s disease…

A drug prescribed for the treatment of arthritis is able to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s, according a study performed by researchers at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Etanercept was administrated to patients with mild to moderate disease, and within a six-month period, the scientists verified that the…