Dementia research receives £1.5 million boost
Published on Friday 03 September 2010 - 09:29 - http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/New research projects are being funded as part of an exciting new partnership between Alzheimer's Society and the Bupa Foundation.
Cancer drug may be used to treat Alzheimer's disease
Published on Friday 03 September 2010 - 00:36 - http://www.retirementhomes.com/Researchers in the United States recently announced that a drug used to treat a certain type of cancer may be able to treat Alzheimer's disease. Reuters reports that the drug has shown potential in...
Aspartame Safety: Separating Fact from Fiction
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 22:51 - http://www.redorbit.com/ATLANTA, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Heard the one about how aspartame single-handedly caused the Gulf War syndrome? In recent years, outlandish allegations - often spread via the Internet by...
Scientists improve biomarker detection technique
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 22:35 - http://www.physorg.com/Scientists from NPL's Biotechnology group have developed a new strategy to enable quicker and more precise detection of biomarkers - proteins which indicate disease. The work marks a new research...
Cause Behind Alzheimer's Plaques Identified
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 20:36 - http://www.medindia.com/A protein - beta-amyloid - builds deposits in the brain, causing nerve cells to get weak and die leading to Alzheimer's disease. ''Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have a...
Active Minds Delay Dementia, But Only at First
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 20:14 - http://www.sci-tech-today.com/Poring over crossword puzzles, reading and listening to tunes may slow or delay brain decline at first, but being mentally active might speed up dementia once it hits, new research suggests.''"The...
Puzzling claims over brain games
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 19:23 - http://www.nhs.uk/"People who do puzzles and crosswords may stave off dementia longer,” according to BBC News. The website said that mentally stimulating activities may protect the brain from memory loss but also...
Addex drug-candidate effective in Alzheimer’s disease model
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 18:02 - http://webnewswire.com/Geneva, Switzerland - Allosteric modulation company Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SIX: ADXN) announced today that it has observed efficacy in a model of Alzheimer’s disease using a recently discovered...
Cell Publishes on the Critical Role of Metals in Alzheimer's Disease
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 18:00 - http://www.sys-con.com/Prana Biotechnology (NASDAQ: PRAN) (ASX: PBT) today announced that Professor Ashley Bush, a co-founding scientist of Prana and a member of the Company's R&D Advisory Board, has in conjunction with...
Nobel Prize-winner finds new path for Alzheimer's drug
Published on Thursday 02 September 2010 - 16:34 - http://www.fiercebiotech.com/After 25 years of ongoing research, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Greengard is unveiling a new pathway at work in Alzheimer's--a discovery likely to trigger a fresh burst of R&D work around a...
