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Efforts are underway this month to focus attention on Alzheimer’s (AD), a disease that, along with other forms of dementia, affects some 44 million people globally and is rapidly growing in prevalence. During November in the U.S., Alzheimer’s Awareness Month observances include online tributes to caregivers, listings of…

Oligomannate (GV-971), a compound derived from marine brown algae that promotes a healthy gut microbiome, is now conditionally approved in China to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD), making it the first new disease therapy approved anywhere since Allergan’s Namenda (memantine) in late 2003. The decision was…

A diet that is high in salt can cause dementia in mice by promoting a buildup of plaques of the protein tau, which is also associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study shows. The study, titled “Dietary salt promotes cognitive impairment through tau phosphorylation,” was published in …

Treatment with INmune Bio‘s lead candidate XPro1595 can help decrease neuroinflammation and amyloid beta accumulation triggered by a diet high in sugar and fats, according to results from a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Malú Tansey, PhD, professor of neuroscience and director of the Center for…

Landline-style phone service provider teleCalm will use a $100,000 award to advance its new phone service for dementia patients, which helps keep people with Alzheimer’s and related conditions safely connected with family and friends. The Diamond Award was presented by the Austin, Texas offices of MassChallenge, a…

Scientists have developed a simple blood test that may help clinicians identify whether a person has accumulations of abnormal amyloid protein deposits in the brain — an event linked to an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. This new laboratory test may represent an alternate diagnostic tool to other expensive brain…

An eminent Alzheimer’s disease (AD) scientist, Michel Goedert, and an early career genomic engineering investigator, Patrick Hsu, are inaugural winners of the Rainwater Prize Program that acknowledges leading work in brain research. Such work includes groundbreaking efforts to advance new treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s, that are associated with…

CareBand’s tracking bracelet, which pairs GPS technology to track movement and activity in real time, has been granted the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award to test whether it may help detect and predict agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s…

Biogen is planning to seek approval for aducanumab, an injectable treatment under investigation for patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, following a new analysis of Phase 3 studies supporting meaningful benefits for patients’ cognition and daily life abilities. After meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

Targeting a single enzyme called PI3K-delta prevented neuroinflammation, reduced the accumulation of toxic amyloid-beta plaques in the brain, and prevented memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study shows. This approach, which also increased the animals’ life span, may represent a potential new strategy to…