by Homa Warren, Baylor College of Medicine Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113240Previous research has implicated fungi in chronic neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, but there is limited understanding of how these common microbes could be involved in the development of these conditions. Working with animal models, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine...
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The discovery of how to shift damaged brain cells from a diseased state into a healthy one presents a potential new path to treating Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco. The research focuses on microglia, cells...
by John Mamo, The Conversation News of the alleged research fraud is a blow for people living with Alzheimer’s. Credit: Shutterstock Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent form of dementia and, with a rapidly aging global population, it is fueling unprecedented demand for costly patient care. There have been an estimated 400 clinical studies since the first Alzheimer’s drug...
by KAIST Functional shift of somatostatin (SST) by factors in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: KAIST With nearly 50 million dementia patients worldwide, Alzheimers’s disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease. Its main symptom is the impairment of general cognitive abilities, including the ability to speak or to remember. The importance of finding a...
by University of Chicago Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Though we often undervalue our ability to smell compared to our abilities to see and hear, our olfactory sense provides our brain with critical information, from detecting potential dangers like smoke to recognizing the sweet smell of baking cookies. Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine...
by Simon Fraser University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Simon Fraser University researchers are studying how a combination of genetics and brain MRIs may be used to predict the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease in the future. In a newly published study, researchers from SFU’s Functional and Anatomical Imaging & Shape Analysis Lab (FAISAL) identified distinct properties...
by International & American Associations for Dental Research A study investigating the role of Treponema denticola (T. denticola) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis will be presented by Zhiqun Tang of the West China Hospital of Stomatology at Sichuan University, China at the 100th General Session and Exhibition of the IADR, to be held in conjunction...
by University of Manchester Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A breakthrough in our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease has revealed changes to blood vessels in the brain, potentially presenting a path for developing new drugs to help fight the disease, according to University of Manchester research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Alzheimer’s Disease is...
by Fatty Acid Research Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research published today in Nutrients shows that people with a higher blood DHA level are 49% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease vs. those with lower levels, according to the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI). The study, led by Aleix Sala-Vila, Ph.D., suggested that providing extra dietary...
JANUARY 11, 2022 by Eric Hamilton, University of Wisconsin-Madison Fig. 1: Changes to the astrocyte translatome due to tau and amyloid pathology. A Schematic illustrating the crossing of MAPTP301S with the Aldh1l1_eGFP-RPL10a mouse. Astrocyte TRAP-seq performed on MAPTP301S vs. WT mice (both carrying the Aldh1l1_eGFP-RPL10a allele) at 3 months (B) and 5 months (C) in the spinal cord....
