Arizona State University receives $50 million gift in support of dementia research, education
Charlene and J. Orin Edson’s gift to be split between Biodesign Institute and newly renamed Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation Dementia is a health issue that touches everyone, from the person afflicted to their friends and family...
Read morePBS Arizona Horizon: Dr. Eric Reiman of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
Hear about the latest breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s research from Dr. Eric Reiman of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute. We also hear from Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, who discusses being a caregiver for his mother, who suffers from the disease.
Read moreASU Biodesign Institute Hiring for Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Three postdoctoral positions are open to study the molecular and behavioral alterations associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Visit the following link to learn more + apply now: https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/492435/postdoctoral-research-scholar/
Read moreHow Common Data Could Lead To Uncommon Alzheimer’s Discoveries | Bio-IT World
“There is an untapped opportunity to leverage existing data from longitudinal cohorts, from the postmortem human brain, and from clinical trials to help the field advance our shared goals more effectively than we otherwise could,” Eric Reiman, Banner Alzheimer’s...
Read moreCronkie News | TGen’s MindCrowd seeks 1 million people around the world to help cure Alzheimer’s
TGen’s MindCrowd seeks 1 million people around the world to help cure Alzheimer’s
Read moreASU’s Heather Bimonte-Nelson wins Bioscience Educator of the Year
The beaming scientist is Bimonte-Nelson herself, who heads the Behavioral Neuroscience of Memory and Aging lab in the Department of Psychology. She is the 2018 recipient of the Michael A. Cusanovich Bioscience Educator of the Year Award. Bimonte-Nelson was nominated for the...
Read moreASU Research Highlights Importance of Planning When Caring For Loved One with Dementia
The baby boomer population is rapidly aging and as more people in it rely on loved ones to care for them, researchers at Arizona State University say there’s a way for caregivers to answer to the call while keeping...
Read moreTGEN, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY STUDY OF ‘SUPERAGERS’ OFFERS GENETIC CLUES TO THEIR COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
Now, a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine suggests that having resilient memory performance during aging could be inherited, and that a particular gene might...
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