On Jan. 31, aducanumab, a pricey drug approved for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer's disease, was withdrawn from the market. And in early March, the Food and Drug Administration delayed its decision regarding whether to ...
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Early stages of neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by the accumulation of proteins in discrete populations of brain cells and the degeneration of these cells. For most diseases, this selective vulnerability pattern ...
Mar 11, 2024
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The effects of Alzheimer's disease are devastating: not being able to recognize loved ones, losing precious memories, losing the ability to perform simple tasks, suffering through mood swings, and so on. Not only are memory ...
Jan 18, 2024
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Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that affect the body in a way that increases the chance someone will ...
Sep 15, 2023
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A panel of 48 proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF 48 panel) complements existing CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD), according to a study published in the Sept. 6 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
Sep 8, 2023
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A new computational technique that combines genomic and tau PET imaging data promises a more personalized approach for subtyping Alzheimer's disease. Based on a novel clustering framework using sparse canonical correlation ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Partner companies Eisai and Biogen recently announced promising clinical trial results for their new Alzheimer's drug lecanemab. Over 18 months, patients treated with lecanemab experienced slower symptom progression than ...
Oct 14, 2022
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Could strawberries as a snack or in your cereal, salads or smoothie help protect your brain from Alzheimer's? Maybe so, according to a new study from researchers at RUSH.
Jul 28, 2022
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Researchers exploring dementia-related proteins in the brain identified Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) as a key misfolded protein. About 25% of individuals, and 50% of individuals with Alzheimer disease, have a genetic mutation, ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease is known for its slow attack on neurons crucial to memory and cognition. But why are these particular neurons in aging brains so susceptible to the disease's ravages, while others remain resilient?
Apr 8, 2021
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