From the Duke University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: Among patients with mild or no cognitive impairment, brain scans using a new radioactive dye can detect early evidence of Alzheimer’s disease that may predict…
From the University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center press release via ScienceDaily: Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most dreaded and debilitating illnesses one can develop. Currently, the disease afflicts 6.5 million…
From the Arizona State University press releaes via EurekAlert!: Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that older honey bees effectively reverse brain aging when they take on nest responsibilities typically handled by much younger…
From the Biomed Central press release via ScienceDaily: Research published today in Biomed Central’s open access journal Journal of Neuroinflammation suggests that chronic inflammation can predispose the brain to develop Alzheimer’s disease. To date it…
From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: In a genome-wide association (GWA) study, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) have identified several genes which influence degeneration…
From the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio press release via EurekAlert!: Cognitive skills such as learning and memory diminish with age in everyone, and the drop-off is steepest in Alzheimer’s disease.…
From the Linköping University press release via ScienceDaily: The inexorable spread of Alzheimer’s disease through the brain leaves dead neurons and forgotten thoughts in its wake. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden are the first…
From the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology press release via EurekAlert!: In a recent Journal of Biological Chemistry “Paper of the Week,” research led by Ayae Kinoshita at the Kyoto University Graduate School…
From the Lifespan press release via EurekAlert!: Rhode Island Hospital researcher Suzanne de la Monte, M.D., has found a link between brain insulin resistance (diabetes) and two other key mediators of neuronal injury that help…
From the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via AlphaGalileo: Scientists at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have succeeded in recommending a new type of therapeutic approach to dementia. The study published in the journal Neurology…