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'Natural' protection against Alzheimer’s disease

deCODE Genetics, together with their colleagues from the pharmaceutical company Genentech, reported today in the journal Nature the discovery of a variant of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene that confers protection agains ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key results coming on 3 drugs against Alzheimer's

We're about to find out if there will be a way any time soon to slow the course of Alzheimer's disease. Results are due within a month or so from key studies of two drugs that aim to clear the sticky plaque ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nutrient mixture improves memory in patients with early Alzheimer's

A clinical trial of an Alzheimer’s disease treatment developed at MIT has found that the nutrient cocktail can improve memory in patients with early Alzheimer’s. The results confirm and expand the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Revolutionary project will obtain entire genome sequences in fight against Alzheimer's

Since 2004, UCLA's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI) has been responsible for receiving, organizing, archiving and disseminating the stream of data generated by the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), an ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chronic inflammation in the brain leads the way to Alzheimer's disease

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.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Exercise is key in the fight against Alzheimer's disease

In a recent Journal of Biological Chemistry "Paper of the Week," research led by Ayae Kinoshita at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan reveals the benefits of exercise in combating Alzheimer's diseas ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Alzheimer's infects from neuron to neuron

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 to show how toxic proteins ...

Neuroscience created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Developing novel biomarkers to predict Alzheimer's disease

Scientists from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in collaboration with the University of Eastern Finland have recently discovered a serum biochemical signature which predicts progression to Alzheimer's disease months ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress link to Alzheimer's goes under the spotlight

Chronic stress is being investigated in a new Alzheimer's Society funded research project as a risk factor for developing dementia.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GMCSF treatment associated with improved cognition in cancer patients

Growth factors shown to cure Alzheimer's disease in a mouse model and administered to cancer patients as part of their treatment regimen were linked to significant improvements in the patients' cognitive function following ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 22, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Alzheimer's blood test - a step forward

(Medical Xpress) -- Australian researchers have found biomarkers in the blood that could help develop a test to identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find protein deposits linked to Alzheimer's disease behave like prions

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of California have found that a peptide that forms deposits in the human brain and is thought to be responsible for the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, behaves in ways ...

Medical research created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Alzheimer's patients experience adverse outcomes, delirium

The state of acute confusion and disorientation known as delirium can stem from a serious illness, surgery or infection, and often develops while patients are in the hospital. Now a new study confirms that for patients with ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify new group of proteins in the brains of Alzheimer's patients

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel group of proteins that accumulate in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. These findings, which appear online in the Journal of ...

Neuroscience created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecular imaging detects signs of Alzheimer's in healthy patients

An arsenal of Alzheimer's research revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 59th Annual Meeting indicates that beta-amyloid plaque in the brain not only is involved in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease but may also ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0