"A team of neuroscientists led by Florida Atlantic University's Brain Institute sought to answer a fundamental question in their quest to combat Alzheimer's disease -- 'Is amyloid precursor protein the mastermind behind Alzheimer's disease or is it just an accomplice?'"
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"Earlier this year, the F.D.A. issued a warning to Ambrosia, a company that was selling plasma transfusions of 'young blood' to elderly people, suggesting it may stop aging. While the F.D.A. announced there is 'no proven clinical benefit' of these transfusions, it’s not the first time the practice has been pursued: Stanford researchers published a study on young blood transfusions 2017."a @href="https://www.beingpatient.com/alkahest-young-blood-chronokines/"> Read the full story at beingpatient.com
"I now find myself very worried about what will happen to this nice lady who has no one to help her."
"A new study confirms that a simple blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the brain. The researchers analysed neurofilament light protein (NFL) in blood samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease. Recently published in JAMA Neurology, the study suggests that the NFL concentration in the blood could be able to indicate if a drug actually affects the loss of nerve cells."
"BMAA is a documented cause of Alzheimer’s and ALS. The University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank reported that the BMAA toxin is found in the brains of people with neuro-degenerative diseases."
"The longtime producer, 74, recently spoke with Vulture, where he revealed that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease about a year ago."
"Much of the genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease plays out in microglia. But exactly how do risk variants change these cells? At the 14th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases, held March 27–31 in Lisbon, Portugal, speakers filled in some gaps, and discussion of this question buzzed in the hallways all week. Christian Haass of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Munich characterized progranulin as TREM2’s opposite. While mutations in TREM2 suppress microglial activation, mutations in progranulin permanently rev them up into voracious, toxin-spewing machines. Other speakers associated GWAS hits in general, and the MS4A gene cluster in particular, with hyperactive, damaging microglia. Researchers also highlighted potential therapeutic targets among microglial genes. Two talks presented evidence that suppressing the CD33 receptor can contain amyloidosis (see Part 5 in this series), while another fingered BIN1 as a key culprit in propagating phosphorylated tau."
"Vampiro was a famous WCW superstar and is the current AA Director of Talent. His feud with Sting was quite memorable, and he was a very dark character. He never reached the top of the WCW, but he was still quite a big name there."
"Wife of Pizza Hut co-founder talks about his battle with Alzheimer’s disease and about experimental drug Janie Carney, wife of Pizza Hut co-founder Frank Carney, talks about the effects an experimental drug had on Frank during his ongoing struggle with Alzheimer's disease."
"A Scottsdale doctor is hoping his documentary on the awareness of dementia and its early stages will help in the fight against a condition affecting millions of people and their families."