National Institute on Aging Program Accepting Applications for Early Investigators Interested in Health Disparity Research
The 2021 Butler-Williams Scholars Program is now accepting applications through March 31, 2021. The program will be convened virtually August 24-26, 2021 and will feature presentations from investigators conducting timely research across all phases of science. The Scholars will have...
Read moreF.D.A. Panel Declines to Endorse Alzheimer’s Drug – The New York Times
The drug, aducanumab, made by Biogen, would be the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in nearly two decades. But the advisory panel said there was not enough evidence of its effectiveness in slowing cognitive decline. Click Here to Read the...
Read moreScientists say they have identified a rare gene mutation in a Colombian woman, that could be helping protect her from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease | BBC News
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Read moreLong-neglected gene plays a bigger role in Alzheimer’s than suspected, study shows | STAT
Just days after news that an ultra-rare form of a cholesterol-related gene called APOE protected a Colombian woman from developing early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (as one of her other genes supposedly fated her to), a second study is providing even stronger...
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