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Trials at Washington U. medical school offer hope for Alzheimer’s treatment
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - October 3, 2013Unraveling 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, 2013Innovations: 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 2013Washington 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 2012Investigational 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