The etiology of most neurodegenerative diseases remains unknown. Viral infections have been associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease; however, a detailed causal relationship has yet to be identified. Here we show that a transient viral infection of the body increases the presence of T cells, an immune cell ...
March 23, 2023
With 10 years of research behind us, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund continues to grow, with the quality of our research remaining extraordinary. To build on our success, we recently welcomed four new Research Consortium members and four new employees to our organization. Christoph Lange, Ph.D., Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, ...
July 22, 2015
A news article appeared recently explaining one more breakthrough in medical science that will help in understanding brain health. Like a miner digging for gold, I get excited with every new discovery. Since my husband died in 2014 from younger onset Alzheimer’s disease at the age of sixty-seven, it has ...
July 26, 2017
Nation’s largest puzzle maker will donate percentage of sales from Puzzles to Remember product line to support Alzheimer’s research WELLESLEY, Mass., July 27, 2017 – Cure Alzheimer’s Fund announced today that it has partnered with Kansas City-based puzzle manufacturer Springbok Puzzles. Springbok has created a line of jigsaw puzzles – Puzzles to Remember – specifically designed for ...
July 27, 2017
Indications of Alzheimer’s disease
September 24, 2017
Map of Alzheimer’s Genes May Lead to Novel Therapies Dr. Rudolph Tanzi Speaks at International Conference on Alzheimer’s Breakthrough genetic research to map all the genes connected to Alzheimer’s, which could lead to more aggressive treatment and a potential cure for the disease, was the focus of a presentation by ...
July 23, 2008
A new study published in November’s Archives of General Psychiatry titled, “Vascular Factors and Markers of Inflammation in Offspring With a Parental History of Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease,” suggests that Alzheimer’s is partly driven by two preventable risk factors: inflammation and high blood pressure. Danish researchers studied 206 volunteers whose parents ...
November 18, 2009
As you cross the Sagamore Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal, heading to the mainland, the view to the starboard is startling in its natural beauty, its expanse of sapphire shoreline, and soul-searching mood for deep reflection. On an incoming ocean tide, the roiling waters of the canal spill out ...
February 26, 2023
(New York City, NY) – August 8, 2016 – CaringKind, New York City’s leading expert in Alzheimer’s and dementia care for the past three decades, has formed an alliance with Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, a non-profit dedicated to funding research to prevent, slow, or reverse the disease. The new care and cure ...
August 8, 2016
Why do we still have such limited treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (AD)? One major reason is that AD mouse models do not cover the important step that leads from increasing amyloid plaques to the development of tau tangles. There have been improvements, and the recently developed “APPKI” mice now model ...
February 11, 2022
