Collaborate Disseminate
Take a second to imagine all the people in your life. Your family, friends, coworkers. Your buddies down at the hackerspace, and anyone you chat with on IO and over the airwaves. Statistically speaking, one in four of these people has a disability of some kind, and needs help doing …read more
Continue reading Hackaday Prize and UCPLA Are Driving Assistive Technology Forward
Encouraging results from a small Phase 2 human trial testing the effects of a cancer drug in treating Alzheimer’s disease have been published in the journal Annals of Neurology. The data suggests the drug is safe, well-tolerated and alters biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s. A larger efficacy study is currently planned.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Brain, Protein, Parkinson’s Disease, Georgetown University
Continue reading Positive early Alzheimer’s trial results for repurposed cancer drug
Two new studies, published in the journal The Lancet Neurology, are suggesting increasing levels of a particular brain protein, detected in blood and spinal fluid, could be the earliest sign of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuroscience, Dementia, Brain, Diagnosis, University College London, Massachusetts General Hospital, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Biomarker detects Alzheimer’s decades before symptoms appear
Two new studies, published in the journal The Lancet Neurology, are suggesting increasing levels of a particular brain protein, detected in blood and spinal fluid, could be the earliest sign of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuroscience, Dementia, Brain, Diagnosis, University College London, Massachusetts General Hospital, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Biomarker detects Alzheimer’s decades before symptoms appear
An international team of scientists has designed a novel antibody that can accurately detect the toxic oligomers suspected to cause the neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease. It’s hoped the breakthrough will lead to improved drug design and clinical testing by offering researchers a new way to measure these protein aggregations.
Category: Science
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Protein, antibodies, University of Cambridge, Neuroscience, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Antibody breakthrough promises new view of toxic Alzheimer’s proteins
The results of a year-long trial led by researchers at UT Southwestern have homed in on how aerobic exercise can improve memory in older subjects with mild cognitive impairment. The findings suggest it is never too late to start exercising as aerobic activity improves blood flow to regions of the brain associated with memory.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Exercise, Brain, Neurological, UT Southwestern, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading Aerobic exercise shown to improve memory in those at risk of dementia
There are many unknowns when it comes to the complex mechanisms underpinning Alzheimer’s disease, but research is continuing to shine a light on some of the key suspects. A new mouse study from Massachusetts General Hospital has for the first time established a connection between elevated levels of calcium in mitochondria and neuron death associated with the disease, offering a potential new target for efforts to slow its progression.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brain, Dementia, Neuroscience
Continue reading Elevated calcium in mitochondria linked to cell death in Alzheimer’s
While its exact causes are unknown, Alzheimer’s disease is commonly associated with clumps of toxic amyloid plaques in the brain, and researchers are continuing to understand the different components that help them take shape. Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new compound that attacks a number of the key players in the formation of amyloid plaques, significantly decreasing the level of plaques and reducing inflammation in the brain.
Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, University of Illinois, Dementia, Brain, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading New compound combats the metal ions and plaques linked to Alzheimer’s
New evidence has been published in the journal Science Advances, adding weight to the link between Alzheimer’s disease and the common herpes virus. The Tufts University study, using a 3D bioengineered brain model, demonstrated how a herpes infection can induce a number of Alzheimer’s features, including neuroinflammation and amyloid plaques.
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Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Brain, Neuroscience, Virus, Tufts University
Continue reading 3D brain model offers new evidence linking Alzheimer’s to herpes virus
A new study led by Australian researchers is offering further insight into how a novel ultrasound technique could help treat Alzheimer’s disease. The findings describe how focused ultrasound can weaken the blood-brain barrier in brain cells from Alzheimer’s patients, potentially improving the uptake of drugs designed to treat the disease.
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Tags: Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Ultrasound, QIMR Berghofer, Neuroscience
Continue reading New study shows how ultrasound technique can treat Alzheimer’s disease