by Tracey Bryant, University of Delaware Professor Jessica Tanis and doctoral student Andy Lam examine tiny worms (C. elegans) under the microscope for signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: University of Delaware Worms don’t wiggle when they have Alzheimer’s disease. Yet something helped worms with the disease hold onto their wiggle in Professor Jessica Tanis’s lab at...
by University of California, Los Angeles PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain An inexpensive anti-seizure medication markedly improves learning and memory and other cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s patients who have epileptic activity in their brains, according to a study published in the Sept. 27th issue of JAMA Neurology. “This is a...
by Audra Book, University of Virginia Credit: Audra Book, UVA Engineering Communications This year, the public was introduced to messenger ribonucleic acid, or mRNA, when it became a hero in the worldwide race to develop COVID-19 vaccines. Scientists lab-engineered mRNA to instruct human cells how to recognize, and then destroy, the spike protein that is the...
by University of Bath Dr George Stothart from the University of Bath's Department of Psychology analyses Fastball EEG data. Credit: University of Bath A simple but revolutionary approach to early Alzheimer’s diagnosis is being pioneered by researchers through an initiative that could pave the way for improved outcomes for individuals who develop the disease in the future. The innovative research,...
Share on Pinterest A newly developed algorithm may detect early signs of Alzheimer’s. Westend61/Getty Images Written by Robby Berman on September 20, 2021 — Fact checked by Anna Guildford, Ph.D. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) often precedes the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Functional MRI (fMRI) scans can capture subtle signs of MCI, but they are difficult...
The Asian community is very diverse, so it is difficult to draw conclusions on how different genetic, cultural, and environmental factors contribute to dementia in these populations. One 2018 studyTrusted Source noted the Filipino community had the most cases of dementia within the Asian population over the course of a 14-year investigation. However, the authors noted that...
by Kaunas University of Technology Prof Rytis Maskeliūnas, KTU Faculty of Informatics. Credit: Kaunas University of Technology Researchers from Kaunas universities, Lithuania developed a deep learning-based method that can predict the possible onset of Alzheimer’s disease from brain images with an accuracy of over 99 percent. The method was developed while analyzing functional MRI images obtained from...
by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress CT images of the brain from two siblings and a cousin with familial Alzheimer’s disease who harbored the Uppsala APP mutation. Credit: M. Pagnon de la Vega et al., Science Translational Medicine (2021) A newly discovered gene mutation linked to early onset Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by an international team...
by University of California – San Diego A. Localization of Wnt/PCP pathway signaling components in glutamatergic synapses in adult hippocampus detected by super-resolution microscopy. B. Schematic diagram showing the balance of Wnt/PCP signaling in synapse maintenance and the binding site of oligomeric amyloid beta. Credit: Feng et al., Sci. Adv. 2021 Healthy adult brains are endowed with...
by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The level of amyloid (white shades in area encircled by green dotted lines) – the protein thought to drive neurodegeneration in AD, is high in the brain of AD mouse (left) and reduces after the administration of the genome editing therapy throughout the brain (right). Credit: HKUST An...
