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·July 19, 2012·2 min read

Anti-Tau Drug Improves Cognition, Decreases Tau Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease Models

Penn Medicine research presented today at the 2012 Alzheimer's Association International Conference shows that an anti-tau treatment called epithilone D (EpoD) was effective in preventing and intervening the progress of Alzheimer's disease in animal models, improving neuron function and cognition, as well as decreasing tau pathology.

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·July 11, 2012·3 min read

Two Proteins Offer a Clearer Way to Treat Huntington’s Disease

HD mice crossbred with mice that produced greater levels of PGC-1alpha showed dramatic improvement. Production of misfolded proteins was essentially eliminated and the mice behaved normally. “Degeneration of brain cells is prevented. Neurons don’t die,” said La Spada.

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·July 10, 2012·4 min read

Nutrient Mixture Improves Memory in Patients with Early Alzheimer’s

A clinical trial of an Alzheimer’s disease treatment developed found that the nutrient cocktail can improve memory in patients with early Alzheimer’s. The mixture appears to increase the number of dendritic spines and therefore some synapses.

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·June 28, 2012·3 min read

Study Finds Genes Associated with Hippocampal Atrophy

In a genome-wide association (GWA) study, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH), have identified...

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·June 20, 2012·3 min read

Proposed Drug May Reverse Huntington’s Disease Symptoms

Single treatment produces long-term improvement in animal models. With a single drug treatment, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer...

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·June 14, 2012·3 min read

Gene May Link Diabetes and Alzheimer’s

Gene involved in dementia affects the insulin pathway, reports biology professor Chris Li and colleagues. In recent years it became...

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·June 13, 2012·3 min read

Researchers Identify New Group of Proteins in 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...

Genetics

·June 7, 2012·3 min read

Scientists Reprogram Skin Cells into Brain Cells

Innovative technique lays groundwork for novel stem cell therapies Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have for the first time transformed...

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·June 7, 2012·2 min read

Alzheimer’s Vaccine Trial a Success

A study led by Karolinska Institutet reports for the first time the positive effects of an active vaccine against Alzheimer’s...

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·June 6, 2012·6 min read

Amyloid Plaques in 3D

Alzheimer Plagues in 3d – Swiss researchers succeeded in generating detailed three-dimensional images of the spatial distribution of amyloid plaques...