A DNA vaccine tested in mice reduces accumulation of both types of toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to research that scientists say may pave the way to a clinica... Read more
The Nantz National Alzheimer Center at Houston Methodist Hospital is part of a landmark clinical trial that looks at removing a key protein from the brain to prevent memory loss at least a d... Read more
In tests using animals, drug successfully seeks and disarms toxic clumps of proteins responsible for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s An international team of more than 18 research groups has dem... Read more
MRI probe technology shows brain toxins in living animals for first time No methods currently exist for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, which affects one out of nine people... Read more
A new study from the Gladstone Institutes has revealed a way to alleviate the learning and memory deficits caused by apoE4, the most important genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, im... Read more
Alzheimer’s disease, the primary cause of dementia in the elderly, imposes a tremendous social and economic burden on modern society. In Japan, the burden of the disease in 2050 is es... Read more
Opens the door to the development of a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and a vaccine to prevent the illness A team of researchers from Université Laval, CHU de Québec, and pharmaceut... Read more
That is the most dramatic reduction in this compound reported to date in published research. Scientists have found that eliminating an enzyme from mice with symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease l... Read more
A tolerable treatment for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s A study led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports for the first time the positive effects of an active vaccine... Read more
“Memory and other mental abilities declined faster in patients with the highest levels of VILIP-1,” A new marker of Alzheimer’s disease can predict how rapidly a patient... Read more
Now imagine the pressure on the physician. Last week I wrote about the incredibly exciting breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research that was made at the Case Western Reserve University Sch... Read more
Ultimately, the reduction totaled 75 percent Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzhe... Read more