With Two More Completions, Personal Genomics Picks up Speed
An exceedingly exclusive club recently welcomed two new members, with the publication of the complete genome sequences of an African and a Chinese man...
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New York: Catalyst Conference on Stem Cells, Cognitive Aging, and AD
On September 22 in New York City, the <a href="http://www.aging-institute.org/">Institute for the Study of Aging</a> hosted a conference to assess...
Paper Alert: PS1 Mutations Jinx Microglia Support for Neurogenesis
Researchers report a new role for certain presenilin-1 mutations that cause early-onset familial Alzheimer disease (eFAD)...
Orlando: Eyeballing the Eye in the Hunt for That Elusive Prize, an AD Biomarker
Today at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, <strong>Lee Goldstein</strong> of Massachusetts General Hospital presented evidence suggesting that the Aβ peptide occurs in the eyes of people with Alzheimer’s disease...
CNDR 2nd Annual Retreat: Metal Complexing Agents as Therapies for AD
According to Ashley Bush of Harvard Medical School, Aβ is rapidly precipitated by Zn2+ at low physiological concentrations, and Cu2+ and Fe3+ also induce Aβ aggregation...
New Prion Detection Method
Abnormal forms of the prion protein are thought to be the infective agent responsible for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow disease") and its human form, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)...
Making Memories Stick Takes β-Catenin Adhesion Receptors, and More
The molecular mechanisms behind the reorganization of synapses that leads to memory storage are the subject of a trio of studies published this week...
Smell You Later—Odors Help Consolidate Memory Overnight
Peter Lorre’s Joel Cairo in <em>The Maltese Falcon</em> might have gotten it right with his gardenia-scented business card...
London: Families Talk About Treatment Trials
Autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease family representatives spoke or showed videos about treatment trials...
Bottom LINE—Retrotransposons Sway Human Neural Progenitors?
Synchrony and uniformity tend to characterize line dancers, but they may elude neurons when LINE-1 (long interspersed element 1) retrotransposons take the stage...
Follow the Calcium—Influx Through NMDARs Releases Yet More From ER
A steady trickle of studies is building the case for mismanaged neuronal calcium as a trigger of synaptic troubles that contribute to Alzheimer disease...
A New Test for Alzheimer Disease?
A company recently announced that it will start marketing a blood test for Alzheimer disease within the year...
A Neurologist’s Devotion Puts Familial AD Research Onto New Plane
What has the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative accomplished this past year?...
Stress and Trauma: Aβ’s Mysterious Role in Severe Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a hot topic...
Las Vegas: Lou Ruvo Center Pioneers New Approach to Clinical Trials
Designed by world-class architect Frank Gehry, the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health opened its doors in Las Vegas in 2009...
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