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In Familial AD, Aß Production Up, Clearance Down

Researchers have long assumed that people with familial Alzheimer’s disease make too much Aβ42 in the brain, but they lacked...

June 14, 2013

Innovations: Alzheimer’s Disease: New Hope in Scientific Studies

Could there possibly be a cure for Alzheimer’s disease in the future? Through the current DIAN Network Study and Drug...

HEC-TV - May 2013

Study to find possible Alzheimer’s breakthrough

The urgent need for better treatment of Alzheimer ‘s disease and other kinds of dementia was highlighted this past week...

NBC Nightly News - April 2013

Washington University Researchers Hope Drug Cures Alzheimer’s Disease

Very few people carry that mutation, but enough have it for Washington University researchers to test three drugs that could...

Fox 2 News - October 2012

Investigational drugs chosen for major Alzheimer’s prevention trial

The Source, Washington University in St. Louis - October 10, 2012

Stopping Alzheimer’s Before It Starts

Three new clinical trials expected to begin next year will attempt to prevent dementia by treating people at risk for...

Science - August 2012

Clinical and Biomarker Changes in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease

Science - August 2012

First detailed timeline established for brain’s descent into Alzheimer’s

Scientists have assembled the most detailed chronology to date of the human brain’s long, slow slide into full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.

Washington University Newsroom - July 2012

Predicting the Course of Alzheimer’s

ABC News - July 2012

An Alzheimer’s Gene – One Family’s Saga

The New York Times - June 2012