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Expert panel concludes there’s little risk based on current evidence.
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Micro Nudge? Positive Phase 2 Results for ALS Combination Drug
AMX0035, a mix of sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol, slowed functional decline over six months by about as much as the approved ALS drug edaravone.
Largest Alzheimer GWAS in African Americans Finds New Variants
Most pathways that emerged were common between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites, though some individual variants differed. Kidney development jumped out as a possibly unique aspect of AD in African Americans.
217—The Best Phospho-Tau Marker for Alzheimer’s?
P-tau217 appears sooner than p-tau181 in the brain, and it distinguishes AD from controls and other dementias even more cleanly.
Clocking In: Timestamped RNA Charts Transcriptional History
Researchers have devised a way to measure how long ago a reporter transcript was made. It allows them to detect distinct transcriptional events within a cell.
Do Endothelial Cells Spur Capillaries to Grow in Alzheimer’s Brain?
A new single-nucleus RNA-Seq study of 3,900 endothelial cells finds a boost in angiogenesis and antigen presentation genes, drawing attention to the vascular component of AD.
2019—A Year of Hope for Alzheimer's Research
Happy New Year, readers! Yes, 2019 has passed, but so much happened last year that capturing the essence took longer than usual. Our mega year-end story is now posted for your reading pleasure.
Human Microglia Eat Synapses, More So in Alzheimer’s
Evidence from postmortem human brains and cultured human microglia suggests the immune cells make a meal out of synapses, especially near plaques.
Dipeptide Repeat Proteins Don’t Directly Block Nuclear Transport
New data suggest that while peptides translated from an expansion in the C9ORF72 gene are toxic, they don’t directly interfere with nucleocytoplasmic transport.
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2019
Not Just Blood Pressure—Dietary Salt Linked to Tau Phosphorylation Time to Try Again: Gene-Based Therapy for Neurodegeneration Gene Therapies Enter Trials for Many Brain Pathologies—What about AD? Organized around 10 major themes, this year’s annual ...
Minocycline Does Not Work in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
Based on preclinical data, researchers gave this antibiotic a shot in a two-year clinical trial. It did nothing to slow cognitive decline.
Gosuranemab, Biogen’s Anti-Tau Immunotherapy, Does Not Fly for PSP
In PASSPORT study, the antibody failed to slow progressive supranuclear palsy. Alzheimer’s trial to continue.
Blood Tests of Phospho-Tau, Aβ42, Track With Brain Amyloid
Using mass spectrometry to detect teensy amounts of phospho-tau species in plasma, researchers reported that p-tau-217 and p-tau-181 picked out people with Aβ pathology. Differences between groups appear to be huge. An MS-based test for plasma Aβ42 corresponded to brain amyloid, and is going in for regulatory approval.
Going Indirect: Can Therapies Halt Alzheimer’s from Outside the Brain?
Apabetalone, an epigenetic drug that tamps down vascular inflammation, slowed cognitive decline in people with MCI. A new statistical analysis of results from AMBAR claimed the plasma-exchange therapy might boost cognition by removing pathogenic proteins from blood.
Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit 2019
NIH Summit Sets Agenda for AD-Related Dementias Alzheimer's Disease Research Summit 2019 ...
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