LOS ANGELES: An international team of more than 18 research groups has demonstrated that the compounds they developed can safely prevent harmful protein aggregation in preliminary tests using animals.

The findings raise hope that a new class of drugs may be on the horizon for Read More »

BROOKINGS: Pharmacy professor Xiangming Guan and his team have developed the first imaging reagent that can determine thiol levels in intact living cells. Previous methods of determining thiol concentrations required the destruction of the cells and tissue.

“We found a compound which can determine thiol Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Research has identified new mechanisms behind the development of a form of frontotemporal dementia.

Frontotemporal dementia is one of the most common forms of early onset dementia and it typically starts in individuals in their fifties. It affects the ability to use and Read More »

HOUSTON: A new study has identified the tau protein as a much more crucial component of Alzheimer’s.

Similar to amyloid beta, those with Alzheimer’s appear to have misfolded tau that builds up and spreads throughout the brain. This also leads to the neuron death, as Read More »