by admin | Nov 11, 2012 | Latest News, Research
Originally posted at http://online.wsj.com November 9, 2012, By Jeanne Whalen Some people collect stamps, others vintage cars. As a young Ph.D. student at Cambridge University in the 1980s, Claude Wischik was on a mission to collect brains. It wasn’t easy. At...
by admin | Oct 20, 2012 | Latest News, Research
Originally posted at http://www.sfgate.com October 19, 2012, By Elizabeth Lopatto, Three studies set to explore the use of experimental drugs that may become the first to change the course of Alzheimer’s disease aren’t looking to cure the illness. Their goal is to...
by admin | Oct 8, 2012 | Research
Originally posted at www.freep.com October 6, 2012 Timing might be everything when it comes to treating Alzheimer’s disease, according to research being presented Monday at a meeting of the American Neurological Association in Boston. There is no cure for the...
by jamietyrone | Sep 19, 2012 | Latest News, Research
After yet another disappointing amyloid-based therapy, some AD researchers may find solace in a promising Phase 2 clinical trial that seems entirely unrelated to...
by admin | Sep 18, 2012 | Latest News, Research
Article originally posted at Alzheimer Research Forum. 17 September 2012. A commonly prescribed anti-hypertensive medication may reduce amyloid deposition in the brain, according to a paper published online September 10 in Archives of Neurology. To reach this...
by admin | Sep 18, 2012 | Latest News, Research
Article originally posted at Alzheimer Research Forum. 14 September 2012. A nagging problem with many Parkinson’s mouse models is their failure to capture neuron loss, a critical feature of this disease. Case in point: People with loss-of-function mutations in the...
