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·November 22, 2020·4 min read

Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial to Focus on People Who Can’t Walk

ChariotMS is recruiting 200 patients in the UK who lack mobility due to multiple sclerosis for a new clinical trial.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·June 2, 2019·2 min read

Could a Mediterranean diet and exercise reduce dementia risk?

A new study will investigate the effects of exercise and eating a Mediterranean style diet has on the development of dementia, and whether a change in lifestyle has neuroprotective properties. Researchers are looking for volunteers between 55 and 74 years of age to participate in the study.

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·November 15, 2017·5 min read

Improving Clinical Trials With Machine Learning

Advances in machine learning could allow researchers to detect drug effects that may be missed through conventional statistical analysis, researchers report.

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·November 4, 2017·7 min read

Cortice Biosciences Announces Presentation of Results from Placebo-Controlled Phase 1 Clinical Trials Evaluating TPI 287 for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Tauopathies

Cortice Biosciences announced today results from placebo-controlled, double-blinded Phase 1 studies evaluating TPI 287, a brain penetrable microtubule stabilizing agent, for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal syndrome (CBS).

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·January 11, 2016·3 min read

Cholesterol Lowering Drug Could Help Treat Parkinsons Disease

A clinical trial is being conducted to assess the effectiveness of a cholesterol lowering drug in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

Diagram of Tau tangles in Alzheimer's disease.

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·January 4, 2016·1 min read

New Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s Protein to Enter Clinical Trial

A new treatment developed to help clear tau tangles in Alzheimer's disease is entering into early stage clinical trials.

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·July 23, 2015·2 min read

New Drug Slows Progression of Mild Alzheimer’s Disease

A drug currently in phase 3 of trials appears to slow the progression of mild Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 16, 2013·5 min read

Potential Neurological Treatments Often Advance to Clinical Trials on Shaky Evidence

A new study claims clinical trials for neurological diseases often fail because the animal studies which preceded them were poorly designed or biased in their interpretation.