ASU President Michael Crow has awarded the 2017 President’s Medal for Social Embeddedness to David W. Coon, PhD, Associate Dean & Professor – R.I.S.E.; Nursing & Innovation Administration. “I’m happy to attend the event alongside my incredible community partners from the Alzheimer’s Association Chapter’s in Arizona and Nevada, DES/DAAS, the local Area Agencies on Aging, […]
CONTINUE READINGThere’s a pioneering, landmark Alzheimer’s study being conducted in the greater Phoenix area. “In recent years, we have experienced very disappointing results in treatments for patients who have dementia due to Alzheimer’s,” Marwan Sabbagh, MD, director of the Alzheimer’s and memory disorders division at the Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) said. Click here to read the […]
CONTINUE READINGArizona State University psychology professor and neuroscientist Heather Bimonte-Nelson recently found herself surrounded by hundreds of students examining brains, which wouldn’t have been unusual except that they were third- and fourth-graders with handfuls of Play-Doh. Click here to read the full story at ASU.edu!
CONTINUE READINGPostdoctoral Training in Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease The collaborative and interactive Arizona postdoctoral fellowship program in Neurobiology of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease is seeking highly qualified applicants for positions supported by a National Institutes of Health training grant. Institutions included in the research consortium include the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Barrow […]
CONTINUE READINGDoctors Set Goal of Having a Trial Available for All Patients Barrow Neurological Institute is dramatically increasing the number of clinical trials related to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Today, the Institute, located at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, is participating in 20 wide-ranging studies. “When I joined the Barrow […]
CONTINUE READING12 News recently ran a story on how a cheek swab can tell if you carry a gene that could make you more susceptible to getting Alzheimer’s. Click here to view the full story.
CONTINUE READINGMutations to the cell’s powerhouse may signal progression of Alzheimer’s disease in people as soon as their early 30s. Click here to read more from The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. . .
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