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Donepezil restores the density of dendritic spines after alcohol binges
Alzheimer's drug appears to reverse structural and genetic brain changes that affect memory and learning...
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Nicotinamide riboside repairs features of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have found that an NAD+ precursor helped mice with features of Alzheimer’s disease perform better on learning and memory tests...
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Blood test detects early stages of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists have developed and validated a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease, with the potential to massively ramp up the pace of Alzheimer’s disease drug trials...
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Zonisamide may help those with dementia with Lewy bodies
A drug used to treat seizures may effectively treat the movement symptoms in people with dementia with Lewy bodies without causing additional psychiatric symptoms...
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Advances in PET settle debate over spread of key protein in Alzheimer’s
Advances in brain imaging have enabled scientists to show for the first time that a key protein which causes nerve cell death spreads throughout the brain in Alzheimer's disease...
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Diabetes drug significantly reverses memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease
A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer's after scientists discover it significantly reversed memory loss in mice through a triple method of action...
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Researchers identify ineffectiveness of Alzheimer’s drug semagacestat
Scientists have found that some potential γ-secretase inhibitors such as semagacestat, do not function as true inhibitors as originally expected...
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Microcapsules to enhance the efficiency of genome-editing
Researchers have found that polymer and hybrid silica-coated microcapsules are efficient in genome-editing...
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17th-century style science in the 21st century? The case of the Alzheimer’s disease vaccine
Dante J Marciani, President and CSO of Qantu Therapeutics, reviews the current evidence and controversy in the hunt for a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease and considers the future.
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Computer model shows an optimal anti-amyloid treatment
A group of scientists have created a computer model to analyse amyloid beta accumulation using published papers and clinical studies...
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Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms
Scientists have used artificial intelligence capable of recognising the signatures of dementia two years before its onset...
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Machine-learning program shows promise for Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Researchers have developed a new machine-learning program that appears to outperform other methods for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease...
