Tag: Rudolph Tanzi
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Researchers identify signaling molecule that may help prevent Alzheimer’s
New research in humans and mice identifies a particular signaling molecule that can help modify inflammation and the immune system to protect against Alzheimer’s disease.
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Exercise can ‘clean up’ Alzheimer’s environment
Study finds that inducing production of new neurons can improve cognitive function in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
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‘Alzheimer’s in a dish’ model provides some answers
A Harvard research team has now produced a system that includes neuroinflammation, the key biological response that leads to the death of brain cells and later produces cognitive impairment, which can result in dementia.
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Probe of Alzheimer’s follows paths of infection
Starting with microbes, Harvard-MGH researchers outline a devastating chain of events
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‘New clarity’ against Alzheimer’s
Rudolph Tanzi of Harvard Medical School, recently named to Time’s list of the most influential people in the world, talks about the promising future of Alzheimer’s research.
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Alzheimer’s-associated protein may be part of the innate immune system
Amyloid-beta protein – the primary constituent of the plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients – may be part of the body’s first-line system to defend against infection.…
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Gene scan of Alzheimer’s families identifies four new suspect genes
The first family-based genome-wide association study in Alzheimer’s disease has identified the sites of four novel genes that may significantly influence risk for the most common late-onset form of the…
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Genetic link discovered for late onset Alzheimer’s
Although they have not yet identified the actual gene, researchers have evidence that a gene located on human chromosome 10 could be more potent than previous risk factors for late…