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CONTINUE READINGFirst of its kind study may lead to new era of Alzheimer’s drug discovery and therapeutic targets Alzheimer’s disease tragically ravages the brains, memories and ultimately, personalities of its victims. Now affecting 5 million Americans, Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., and a cure for Alzheimer’s remains elusive, as […]
CONTINUE READINGANK1 gene expression change found in brain’s microglia cells associated with neuroinflammation PHOENIX and TEMPE, Ariz. — July 12, 2017 — Researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have identified altered expression of a gene called ANK1, which only recently has been associated with memory robbing Alzheimer’s disease, […]
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CONTINUE READINGASU 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 […]
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