Targeting hippocampal neurons to unlock existing Alzheimer’s drugs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at Kobe Gakuin University in Japan have genetically engineered insulin-fused proteins capable ...
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Scientists validate new lab test platform for blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Pittsburgh scientists have independently validated a new blood test platform that can simultaneously measure ...
New Promising Alzheimer’s Drug May Prevent Tau Build-Up, Study Finds
Researchers have developed a new drug that holds promise in Alzheimer's treatment by blocking tau-build-up, acting at two regions of ...
New Alzheimer’s studies reveal disease biology, risk for progression and the potential for a novel blood test
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The failure to diagnose Alzheimer's disease—the most common form of dementia in the elderly—at an early ...
STAT+: ‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect
Truck. Banana. Violin. Desk. Green. Sitting behind her desk in an examining room, the neurologist slowly read the five words ...
Falling for financial scams? It may signal early Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels Older adults who are more vulnerable to financial scams may have brain changes linked ...
How a simple blood test could affect how Alzheimer’s is diagnosed
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, which afflicts nearly 7 million Americans, could soon ...
Expert explains the reliability of Alzheimer’s blood tests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Just as your primary care physician offers routine blood tests to gauge cholesterol or glucose levels, ...
Head-to-head comparison of commercial Alzheimer’s blood tests reveals most accurate options
Neurologists diagnose cognitive impairment with a clinical exam of memory and thinking skills. To determine whether Alzheimer's disease is the ...
Accuracy of diagnostic blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease varies
Determining performance of blood biomarker tests for amyloid pathology. Neurologists diagnose cognitive impairment with a clinical exam of memory and ...
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