Good early results on a Alzheimer’s vaccine

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Interim results of a clinical trial on an Alzheimer’s vaccine being tested on Down syndrome individuals are promising, say researchers at the Swiss clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company AC Immune. The company’s liposomal therapeutic anti-Abeta vaccine, dubbed ACI-24, is also being evaluated in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s patients in a Phase 2 study.

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New blood test to detect Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are working on a blood test called the APEX system, which took two years to develop, to detect an early-stage molecular marker of the brain-robbing disease — the aggregated amyloid beta

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An Alzheimer’s cafe

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Santa Fe hosts an initiative called Alzheimer’s Cafe, part of a movement to accommodate the growing number of people with dementia, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.

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