Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester have shown success with a potential new treatment for prion disease in mice, suggesting it could also hold benefits for the treatment of other neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
A Southampton scientist has just been awarded more than £58,000 by Alzheimer’s Research UK to study chemical signals in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers in Japan have developed a new brain scan to detect the build-up of a protein called tau, which is involved in Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia.
Researchers in the US have shown that a video game custom-designed to train multitasking abilities can improve cognition in older people.
Researchers in Cambridge have found that people living in countries with better sanitation and hygiene have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
US scientists have uncovered a protein that may be involved in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, and shown that blocking this protein in mice can restore learning and memory.
Scientists at Columbia University in New York have outlined a molecular mechanism behind age-related memory decline.
Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York have linked copper exposure to Alzheimer’s changes in the brains of mice.
Alzheimer’s Research UK welcomes today’s announcement that the UK will use its presidency of the G8 to hold the first global dementia summit on 11 December.
Reports in the news today have focused on new research to develop a test to detect Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear.