New Imaging Method Detects Alzheimer’s Risk Years before the Disease Strikes
Using a new imaging method that screens the brain’s connections, UCLA scientists have discovered a common abnormality in our genetic code that increases the risk…
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Vitamin D3 and Omega-3 May Help Fight Alzheimer’s
New research from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA shows how vitamin D3 and omega-3 fatty acids may enhance the immune system’s…
Researchers Move Closer to Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists at the University of Lancaster have developed a new drug that may help prevent the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease by reducing the number…
First USA Alzheimer’s Patient Implanted With Brain Pacemaker
A new study that involves implanting a pacemaker in the brain is underway to determine if deep brain stimulation (DBS), the same technology used to…
UCLA Researchers Image Abnormal Brain Proteins in Retired NFL Players
Using a brain-imaging tool developed for assessing neurological changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at UCLA have identified the abnormal tau proteins associated with sports-related…
A Step Towards a Possible Alzheimer’s Vaccine, Researchers Eliminate Up to 80% of Senile Plaques in Mice
Researchers at the Université Laval have shown that the molecule MPL (monophosphoryl lipid A) can eliminate up to 80% of the senile plaques associated with…
Galactic Cosmic Radiation Poses Significant Threat to Astronauts, Could Accelerate the Onset of Alzheimer’s
According to a new study from researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, galactic cosmic radiation poses a…
Test for Alzheimer’s May Be Undermining Drug Trials
Flaws in a test used in clinical trials to assess patients could be undermining the search for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s. The scientists published…
Brain Pacemaker Implanted to Treat Alzheimer’s
In November, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. This…
Synthetic Antioxidant Suppresses Symptoms of Huntington’s Disease in Mice
A team of scientists have designed a synthetic antioxidant, XJB-5-131, that targets mitochondria and suppresses symptoms of Huntington’s disease in mice. There’s new hope in…
Disrupted Sleep Patterns Linked to Alzheimer’s
Patients that experience disrupted sleep patterns could be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease since Alzheimer’s patients often complain of changes in their sleep patterns during the…
Bearing a Male Child Can Alter a Woman’s Brain
A new study indicates that male DNA, left over from pregnancy with a male fetus, can persist in a woman’s brain throughout the rest of…
Treatment for Alzheimer’s May Lie in Modifying the Length of Mitochondria
A new study from scientists at The University of Queensland and Harvard University suggests that treatment for Alzheimer’s disease may lie in modifying the…
Souvenaid Appears to Stimulate Growth of New Synapses in Patients With Early Alzheimer’s
Comprised of three naturally occurring dietary compounds, choline, uridine, and the omega-3 fatty acid DHA, a nutritional supplement known as Souvenaid appears to stimulate growth…
Noninvasive Ultrasound Device Opens the Blood-Brain Barrier
Using an FDA-approved contrasting agent containing tiny gas-filled microbubbles, coupled with a noninvasive ultrasound device that targets precise locations of the brain, a team of…
Microglia Are Crucial to Pruning Neurons During Early Development
Microglia are brain cells, who’s spider-like resting state was somewhat mysterious until Axel Nimmerjahn, biophysicist at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, began to…
Grant May Lead to New Light Technology and Advances in Healthcare
Scientists at the University of St. Andrews were awarded a £5.6m grant to work on photonics in the hope to advance healthcare by improving diagnosis…
Infrared Spectroscopy Analyzes Proteins in Picoseconds
By building on a technology known as two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, scientists at MIT have developed a way to analyze proteins that doesn’t require any pre-treatment….
