News articles tagged with 'Alzheimer'
Early sign of Alzheimer's reversed in lab
— 2 Dec 2011 10:14 | HealthOne of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer's disease - loss of sense of smell - can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease,…
Using MRI, researchers may predict which adults will develop Alzheimer's
— 6 Apr 2011 15:40 | HealthUsing MRI, researchers may be able to predict which adults with mild cognitive impairment are more likely to progress to Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a study published…
Alzheimer's disease consortium identifies four new genes for Alzheimer's disease risk
— 4 Apr 2011 19:03 | HealthIn the largest study of its kind, researchers from a consortium that includes Columbia University Medical Centre identified four new genes linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease.…
Understanding Alzheimer's: Genetic search uncovers five new genes
— 4 Apr 2011 19:00 | HealthA leading UK scientist's search for factors that increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's has uncovered five new genes to help pinpoint what's going wrong in the brain…
Researchers link herpes to Alzheimer's disease
— 4 Apr 2011 18:54 | HealthLaboratories at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Brown University, and House Ear Institute (HEI) have developed a new technique to observe herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) infections…
Insulin could be Alzheimer's therapy
— 2 Apr 2011 11:55 | HealthA low dose of insulin has been found to suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, according to new clinical…
Penn study suggests another avenue for detecting Alzheimer's disease
— 2 Apr 2011 11:13 | HealthResearchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have determined that a well-known chemical process called acetylation has a previously unrecognised association with…
Nature study shows common lab dye is a wonder drug - for worms
— 31 Mar 2011 15:42 | HealthBasic Yellow 1, a dye used in neuroscience laboratories around the world to detect damaged protein in Alzheimer's disease, is a wonder drug for nematode worms. In a study appearing…
Alzheimer's-like brain changes found in cognitively normal elders with amyloid plaques
— 30 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthResearchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta - the primary constituent of the plaques found…
Asthma drug could help control or treat Alzheimer's disease
— 28 Mar 2011 15:52 | HealthA drug used to treat asthma has been shown to help reduce the formation of amyloid beta, a peptide in the brain that is implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according…