The Enduring Brain Health Benefits of Exercise
By
Nicholas Chan
| June 15th, 2020
More than 5.5 million people in the United States live with Alzheimer’s — one in every ten people over the age of 65. Knowing…
A New Way To Count Beta-Amyloid Oligomers Could Help Unlock the Mystery of Alzheimer’s
By
Nicholas Chan
| June 12th, 2020
The longstanding “amyloid hypothesis” suggests that Alzheimer’s hallmark beta-amyloid plaques and smaller clumps of beta-amyloid oligomers — proteins highly toxic to brain cells — can…
Alzheimer’s Researchers Bring in the Baboons
By
Alexandra Marvar
| June 11th, 2020
The newest possible model to test therapeutics and interventions for neurodegenerative diseases could be a 20-year-old baboon. Researches have recently discovered that, just like…
Study: ApoE4 Damages Protective Barrier of the Brain
By
Nicholas Chan
| June 10th, 2020
It was never clear to researchers whether the ApoE4 gene was responsible for the early malfunction of the blood-brain barrier, a protective barrier shielding…
Phil’s Journal: Trials and Tribulations, or, My Latest Experience in Biogen Research
By
Phil Gutis
| June 9th, 2020
Well, I won’t try that again. Last week, I found myself bent over a table, resting my head on pillows as a doctor injected…
‘It’s Time to Act’: A New 5-Year Plan to Relieve Alzheimer’s Burden on Women
By
Alexandra Marvar
| June 8th, 2020
Of the 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s today, two thirds are women. And among dementia caregivers, approximately two-thirds are women — one in…
A Mouse Study on Glucose Levels in the Brain Could Hold a Clue to Alzheimer’s
By
Nicholas Chan
| June 5th, 2020
Years of study into the Alzheimer’s biomarker named beta-amyloid have yielded few notable results for an earlier diagnosis and drug treatment. As one alternative,…
Creative Care: Dr. Anne Basting on Revolutionizing Dementia Care With Creativity
By
Susanna Granieri
| June 4th, 2020
In her new book Creative Care: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care, Dr. Anne Basting explores the benefits of performance and theatre…
The First One-Patient Stem Cell Experiment for Parkinson’s
By
Tanner Jensen
| June 3rd, 2020
A closer look at a one-patient stem-cell therapy experiment to treat Parkinson’s. For decades, research has been conducted on the potential of transplanting healthy…
Living with Alzheimer’s: How Eugenia Zukerman Confronted Her Diagnosis
By
Susanna Granieri
| June 2nd, 2020
Eugenia Zukerman, 72, left the hospital, jumped on the subway and headed back to her apartment. She sat at her desk and stared aimlessly…
Does the Dementia Gene Double COVID-19 Risk? A Closer Look at the Link Between the Virus and ApoE4
By
Nicholas Chan
| June 1st, 2020
A new study suggests that people with two copies of ApoE4, one of the largest genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s, have more than double…
Cancer Drug Nilotinib Shows Promise for Treatment of Alzheimer’s
By
Alexandra Marvar
| May 29th, 2020
“We are looking for older volunteers with MCI or mild dementia due to AD or Lewy body dementia, and healthy older individuals, who wish…
Shedding Light on an Entirely New Approach to Curing Alzheimer’s
By
Tanner Jensen
| May 28th, 2020
More than a century after its discovery, Alzheimer’s disease still has no definitive cure, and hundreds of drugs and chemical trials have hit dead…
Why Should We Care About the Gene Mutation Ube2h?
By
Alexandra Marvar
| May 22nd, 2020
A new study published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) links certain enzymes with degenerative brain diseases, which could mean scientists and drugmakers now…
An Affordable Blood Test for Alzheimer’s on the Horizon — Five Years Away
By
Alexandra Marvar
| May 21st, 2020
In studies, blood tests to detect Alzheimer’s are showing promise: over the course of years of testing, they are proving to be accurate means…