Alzheimer’s News From Around the World.
January 24, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Neuronetrix, UK launching clinical trial of Alzheimer’s screening device -”Researchers at the University of Kentucky are launching a clinical trial of a new brain scanning device from Louisville-based Neuronetrix Inc. that might be able to provide early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease…” (more)
New Alzheimer’s Treatment Completes First Phase Of Testing – “A molecule designed by a Purdue University researcher to stop the debilitating symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease has been shown in its first phase of clinical trials to be safe and to reduce biomarkers for the disease…” (more)
Altering Brain’s Lipid Metabolism Reduces Alzheimer’s Plaques In Mice - “Increasing levels of a protein that helps the brain use cholesterol may slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease changes in the brain, according to researchers studying a mouse model of the disease at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis…” (more)
