A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and dementia What Types of Exercise Reduce Dementia Risk? Several large studies have confirmed that vigorous exercise, walking and even doing household chores can greatly benefit the brain. Read more here. New web portal gives scientists access to dozens of neurodegenerative disease stem cells
A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and dementia Scientists look to people with Down syndrome to test Alzheimer's drugs The condition of brain inflammation, commonly observed in those with down syndrome, plays an important role in Alzheimer's. Read more here. New Dementia Prevention Method May Be Behavioral, Not Prescribed As
A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and dementia Alzheimer’s study finds 42 more genes linked to higher risk of disease The study, using the genomes of 100,000 people with Alzheimer’s and 600,000 healthy people, identified 75 genes linked to an increased risk of the disease, including 42 that had not previously been
April 1, 2022 A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and dementia Damage early in Alzheimer’s disease ID’d via novel MRI approach A new method has the potential for helping diagnose Alzheimer’s before symptoms develop. Read more here. APOE ε4 is not associated with increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and
March 2, 2022 A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and dementia UCI biologists discover how a protective mutation may reduce Alzheimer's risk While the word "mutation" may conjure up alarming notions, a mutation in brain immune cells serves a positive role in protecting people against Alzheimer's disease. Now University of California,
February 3, 2022 A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and dementia At least 9 Alzheimer’s vaccines in trials right now Stanford immunologist Mark Davis, PhD, once called vaccines “the single most life-saving medical innovation ever in the history of medicine.” Vaccines are not only key for protecting against infectious diseases —
January 5, 2022 A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and dementia Viagra associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease People who took the drug sildenafil were less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. In cultured human neurons, sildenafil enhanced growth and reduced Alzheimer’s biomarkers. The findings support further investigation of sildenafil as a
December 15, 2021 A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alzheimer’s: Study reveals how disease progresses in the brain New research has tracked the replication and spread of the protein tau for the first time. Read more here. USC Viterbi students develop ai-based Alzheimer’s diagnosis tool A student team developed machine
October 28, 2021 A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s and Dementia Scientists use human-derived brain cells to develop more realistic ‘disease-in-a-dish’ models of Alzheimer’s A pair of studies published recently report the creation of new “disease-in-a-dish” models of Alzheimer’s disease, the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. Read more here.
October 4, 2021 A monthly recap of the latest news about Alzheimer’s & Dementia Drug that boosts brain’s cleansing system improved symptoms in Alzheimer’s mouse model An experimental drug that boosts the brain’s natural process of cleaning out damaged proteins improved some symptoms in mice bred to mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Read more. More than 41m
