PHILADELPHIA: A protein called neuronal pentraxin-2 may delay memory loss.

A study involved three groups of people from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative – those without Alzheimer’s disease, those with mild cognitive dysfunction or memory problems, and those with full-scale Alzheimer’s disease.

Brain images and Read More »

DETROIT: Disruption in sleep associated with the accumulation of a protein in the brain (linked to Alzheimer’s disease) may cause memory problems in healthy older adults, reports a paper.

Research shows that the extent of the protein beta-amyloid accumulation in the brain predicts a reduction Read More »

FORT WORTH: Scientists have found a way to grow brain cells using human skin samples.

Researchers say they’ve been able to make ‘free-floating balls of human brain cells’ that exhibit the same behaviour as our cerebral cortex — the part of our brain responsible for Read More »

BOSTON: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for only five drugs to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Broomfield-based Accera Inc. wants to develop the sixth and this week named a new CEO to lead the charge.

Dr. Charles Stacey, a former Read More »