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In a June 12 conference at UW-Madison, researchers gathered from across the U.S. and abroad to discuss the latest progress on TDP-43 biomarkers. In all, 74 people attended in person, and 727 virtually ...
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Steps Forward: Immunoassays for cryptic HDGFL2 flag TDP-43 proteinopathy in diverse disorders. Companies have moved a PET ligand into Phase 1 trials.
As reported in 1994, the original SOD1-G93A strain, designated G1, expressed approximately 18 copies of human SOD1, randomly inserted into the genome (Gurney et al., 1994). An unequal crossover event ...
Sensory Stimulation Systems, and GENUS, refer to a noninvasive procedure, i.e., a "digital therapeutic," being developed by Cognito Therapeutics. The company developed a wearable GammaSense ...
Massage might help your brain flow regain its mojo. On June 4 in Nature, researchers led by Gou Young Koh at the Institute for Basic Science in Daejeon, South Korea, mapped the labyrinth of lymphatics ...
Anatomy explorers have charted a new path myeloid cells use to access the brain. On 3 June in Neuron, scientists led by Lindsay Hohsfield and Kim Green, both at the University of California, Irvine, ...
Up-and-coming Alzheimer’s blood tests may soon be used for people with Down’s syndrome. In a longitudinal biomarker study of adults with three copies of ...
In mice, exercise spurred neurogenesis in wild-type and APP/PS1 mice. The workouts induced protective gene-expression signatures across cell types in the dentate gyrus. Exercise reversed some of the ...
Since February, the termination of some 2,482 grants worth $8.6 billion has shaken the scientific community, including AD researchers. Thanks to government databases and intrepid scientists tracking ...
A robust immune response to viral infections may protect against more than just a runny nose or a cold sore—it might also stave off Alzheimer’s disease. In the May 30 Science Advances, scientists led ...
Approximately 146 AD-related NIH grants, totaling $440 million, have been terminated. NIH funds to six Ivy League universities, where substantial AD research takes place, remain frozen. Postponed ...