Australian researchers that developed a simple eye test to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease have secured funding to commercialize their technology—to take from lab to the eye clinic. Australia’s Centre for Eye Research recently incubated the Enlighten Imaging, an...
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Skåne University Hospital & Partners Study Alzheimer’s Tracking Via Blood Test
UK and Swedish researchers conducting a long-term study supporting the potential that testing blood levels for neurofilament light could be a noninvasive method to track the progress of Alzheimer’s disease. This protein spills out of damaged and dying nerve cells into...
Prominent Couple Give $15 Million to Washington Univ. to Neurodegenerative Disease Test Therapies
A prominent couple (Rodger and Paula Riney) have made a $15 million gift to Washington University of Medicine, St. Louis. The aim of the money is to accelerate research and development for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Rodger Rines sold his brokerage...
Boston Medical Center Study Finds Protein Levels in Eye a Potential Predictor of Future Alzheimer’s Disease
Boston Medical Center published study results in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease found observations that low levels of amyloid -β and tau proteins, biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in eye fluid were significantly associated with low cognitive score. This...
Aberdeen University Launches Study to Probe Link Between Alzheimer’s & Gut Health
Aberdeen University, with funding from the government of Scotland and UK’s NHS, launches a first study exploring the links between the bacteria in an individual’s gut and dementia. The study team will coordinate with local care homes for participants. As reported in...
Baylor Spin-off Braincheck Raises More Investment Bringing AI to Dementia Care
Houston-based BrainCheck has raised an additional $1.5 million bringing it a total of $6 million to date. Founded in 2015, the company is the result of 20 years of research and development at the Eagleman Laboratory for Perception and Action at Baylor College of...
Brigham & Women’s Boston Develops Plasma Tau Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
Dominic Walsh at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston has developed a plasma tau test that accurately distinguishes between Alzheimer’s disease cases and controls. To date reports Jessica Shugart of ALZFORUM, efforts to develop blood tests for cerebrospinal fluid tau,...
University College London Research Links Neck Scans to Predicting Alzheimer’s
As reported in Daily Mail, a five-minute neck scan could predict dementia a decade before symptoms appear, research shows. Measuring someone’s pulse from their neck can predict damage in the brain which causes problems with memory and thinking skills in old age. A...
Univ. of California San Francisco Research Raises Possibility of AI Predicting Alzheimer’s Before Diagnosis
As reported in SandHills Express, early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is challenging, and often times diagnosis occurs many years into the disease. Now researchers say earlier detection is possible with high-tech imaging. Research published in the...
Lund University Sweden Leads Way to Possible New Way to Detect Alzheimer’s
EurekAlert! reports that diagnosing Alzheimer's disease can be difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Now, a new brain imaging method can show the spread of specific tau protein depositions, which are unique to cases with Alzheimer's. "The...