Drug reverses Alzheimerâs symptoms in mice
Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown that use of the drug bexarotene in mice appears to quickly reverse the pathological, cognitive and memory deficits of...
View ArticleMany exciting developments in the fight against Alzheimerâs disease
Alzheimer’s disease has had a strong presence in the news lately, between the Obama administration announcing a funding boost, the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association releasing...
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Patients’ own cardiac stem cells regrow heart muscle Many heart attacks leave behind scar tissue, which inhibits cardiac functions for a patient’s entire life. But, that could be a thing of the past....
View ArticleBerkeley Lab researchers identify structure of control element that causes...
A team of researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), using the exceptionally bright and powerful x-ray beams of the Advanced Light Source, have determined the crystal...
View ArticleSpecific antibodies halt Alzheimer's disease in mice
Antibodies that block the process of synapse disintegration in Alzheimer's disease have been identified, raising hopes for a treatment to combat early cognitive decline in the disease. Alzheimer's...
View ArticleDrug for mild Alzheimerâs also helps more severe cases
Research has found that the dementia drug donepezil, already widely used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's Disease (AD), also helps in moderate to severe patients. Extending treatment to this...
View ArticleA new way to get drugs across the blood brain barrier
One of the trickiest parts of treating brain conditions is crossing the blood brain barrier (BBB), a blockade of cells that prevent both harmful toxins and helpful pharmaceuticals from getting to the...
View ArticleTracking diseased proteins in the brain
A research team led by the University of Melbourne has developed a new technique to track diseased proteins as they form clusters in brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s. Dr. Danny...
View ArticleBrain insulin resistance contributes to Alzheimer's disease
Insulin resistance in the brain precedes and contributes to cognitive decline above and beyond other causes of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania....
View ArticleMRI and neuropsychological tests best predict Alzheimer's disease in old...
Investigators from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, have shown that in most elderly patients invasive and expensive techniques, i.e. lumbar puncture and PET scan, are not useful to establish...
View ArticleNew gene mutation linked to Alzheimerâs
Scientists have discovered a new gene mutation that could contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. It was known that specific genetic mutations were linked to early-onset forms of Alzheimer’s, but some...
View ArticleFDA approves diagnostic agent that evaluates for Alzheimer's disease
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a radioactive diagnostic agent that can be used to evaluate a patient for Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders. The injectable diagnostic...
View ArticleA new brain imaging test for Alzheimer's
Currently the only way to positively diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease is through brain biopsy or postmortem autopsy, both unpleasant procedures. But last week, Eli Lilly and its wholly owned subsidiary,...
View ArticleNew MRI technique may predict progress of dementia
A new technique for analyzing brain images offers the possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the progression and physical path of many degenerative brain diseases, report...
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Resistant malaria spreads as research funding challenges continue Resistant malaria strains have recently been reported in Cambodia, Thailand and parts of Myanmar. Containing resistance and preventing...
View ArticleLargest brain study to date finds genes that shape brain size, intelligence
In the world's largest brain study, a team of more than 200 scientists from 100 institutions around the world collaborated to map the human genes that impact the brain's resistance to a variety of...
View ArticleAmyloid imaging aids clinicopathological diagnosis of AD
Dementia is common in Parkinson’s disease (PD), because the brain pathology of Parkinson’s can affect memory. But it is very hard to determine which PD patients have dementia caused by PD and which...
View ArticleGrape-derived compound prevents progression of Alzheimer's disease in mice
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have developed a biosynthetic polyphenol that improves cognitive function in mice with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Polyphenols occur naturally in grapes and...
View ArticleScientists test effects of resveratrol on brain diseases
Previous studies on animal models suggest several medical uses of resveratrol -- a compound present in red grapes, red grape juice, red wine, chocolate, tomatoes and peanuts-- for treatment of brain...
View ArticleResearchers use nanotechnology to greatly increase sensitivity of biological...
Princeton researchers have developed a way to make a common biological test more than 3 million times more sensitive. The greatly increased performance of the test, called an immunoassay, could lead...
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