Alzheimer; News from the web:
Tests Used to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Are Biased and Often Inaccurate, Study Finds
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Category Archives: Research
Alzheimer’s and HIV
Alzheimer; News from the web:
New research finds that an HIV enzyme plays a crucial role in driving Alzheimer’s-related brain pathology by altering the APP gene. The findings warrant “immediate clinical evaluation of HIV antiretroviral therapies in people with Alzheimer’s disease,” say the authors of the study.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Vaccine Tested in Mice Cut Dementia Cases
Alzheimer; News from the web:
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas said a new experimental Alzheimer’s disease vaccine showed promising results during recent testing in mice and are hopeful the vaccine will make it to human trials.
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Will we ever find a cure?
Alzheimer; News from the web:
The New York Times has a great article today, read it in our link below.
“The field is desperate, and we all want something to work,” said Dr. Reisa Sperling, director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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(our blog will be on a short break to celebrate the US Thanksgiving, back on Monday)
Fake Brains may be the solution for alzheimer’s
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Scientists implanted human brain organoids into the visual centre of a rat brain. When they shone a light in the rat’s eye, the human brain cells fired.
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Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease share common genetics in some patients
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Genetics may predispose some people to both Alzheimer’s disease and high levels of blood lipids such as cholesterol, a common feature of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by an international team of researchers led by scientists at UC San Francisco and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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