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New funding speeds identification of drugs to prevent Alzheimer’s

Washington University Newsroom - November, 2014

Reclaiming the future for those affected by Alzheimer’s

Over 150 people in Montgomery are set to gather this weekend to reclaim the future for the five millions Americans...

WSFA, Montgomery, Alabama - October, 2014

Preventing Alzheimer’s

Finding ways to diagnose and treat this devastating disease has frustrated scientists and clinicians ever since. Now the long and...

Outlook Magazine - February, 2014

Multicompany trials adapt to disciplines beyond cancer

Nature.com - January 7, 2014

Trials at Washington U. medical school offer hope for Alzheimer’s treatment

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - October 3, 2013

Unraveling Alzheimer’s mysteries in search of new treatment

Over the past several decades scientists have begun to unravel the complicated process that leads to the death of brain...

Today (NBC) - September 2013

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