Scientists sorely need biomarkers of TDP-43 pathology, but finding reliable ones has been difficult. Now, two groups, working independently, have proposed a new angle—cryptic circular RNAs, or ...
The National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center unites the collections of the neuropathology cores at 27 NIA-funded AD Research Centers into a single database. It contains records on 13,000 brains, 3,000 ...
Past AlzForum Coverage: Human Amyloid Imaging 2013 Solanezumab Selected for Alzheimer’s A4 Prevention Trial HAI—Spotlight on Tau Tracers at Human Amyloid Imaging Meeting HAI—Amyloid Imaging in the ...
Low dose interleukin 2 is being tested as an immunomodulatory approach in neurodegenerative diseases. It increases the number and activity of regulatory T cells (Tregs) that suppress inflammation. At ...
This humanized IgG1 antibody inhibits an immune checkpoint protein called programmed death ligand, aka PD-L1, stimulating the immune system. Checkpoint inhibitors, including other antibodies, are ...
The program supports fundamental science and early-stage translational research into sporadic FTD, and awards two-year grants of up to $500,000, inclusive of indirect costs. Early-career and newly ...
It has been suggested that differences in mouse and human tau may partially underlie the difficulty in modeling Alzheimer’s disease in mice (see Alzforum webinar). In this knock-in model, the entire ...
Score another one for amyloid immunotherapy. The anti-pyroglutamated amyloid antibody donanemab has posted positive top-line results in the Phase 3 Trailblazer-Alz2 study, according to an Eli Lilly ...
The Alzheimer’s field was rocked this week by allegations against Sylvain Lesné at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Lesné stands accused of manipulating data images in multiple papers, ...
Alzheimer’s researchers have long wished for better mouse models. That is now coming true. Scientists at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, are cranking out numerous lines that express ...