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·March 9, 2014·4 min read

Blood Test Identifies Those at Risk for Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Within 3 Years

Researchers have created and validated a blood test which can, with 90 percent accuracy, predict if a healthy person will develop AD within 3 years.

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·March 7, 2014·2 min read

Inherited Alzheimer’s Damage Greater Decades Before Symptoms Appear

Neuronal damage can begin up to twenty years before Alzheimer's symptoms appear, researchers report.

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·March 6, 2014·4 min read

3D Changes in DNA May Lead to a Genetic Form of ALS

Researchers discover how a genetic code variation in the C9orf72 gene alters the shape of DNA, making cells more vulnerable to stress and apoptosis.

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·March 4, 2014·4 min read

New Probes Quantify Folded and Misfolded Protein Levels in Cells

A new probe which allows researchers to quantify folded and misfolded protein levels in a cell could help pave the way for drug treatments for misfolding diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

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·March 3, 2014·4 min read

Fluorogenic Probe Created To Evaluate Potential Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have created a two photon flurogenic probe which could be a useful tool to assess a person's potential risk of developing Parkinson's disease and to track the diseases progression.

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·February 27, 2014·3 min read

After Death, Twin Brains Show Similar Patterns of Neuropathologic Changes

Researchers compared the brains of twins where one, or both, died with Alzheimer's disease. They discovered many of the twins not only had similar progressions of the disease before death, but also similar combinations of pathologies.

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·February 25, 2014·2 min read

Brain Cell Activity Regulates Alzheimer’s Protein

A new study reports that increased neural activity boosts tau levels in the brain.

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·February 25, 2014·2 min read

New Risk Gene Illuminates Alzheimer’s Disease

Researchers have isolated a gene believed to play a casual role in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

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·February 22, 2014·2 min read

Antibody May Be Detectable in Blood Years Before MS Symptoms Appear

According to a new study, the KIR4.1 antibody may be present in patients before the onsite of multiple sclerosis.

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·February 21, 2014·3 min read

Geneticists Show How Molecular Switches Coordinate the Nervous System

Geneticists discover the same molecular switches which induce non-descript cells to specialize also makes nerve cells respond differently to the environment.