Tau
Detecting Alzheimer’s disease using a blood test could be just as accurate as standard lumbar punctures, study shows
Researchers have found that a blood test for Alzheimer’s could detect the disease as accurately as standard lumbar punctures.
Three key take-aways from this year’s Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference in Boston
Our Executive Director of Research and Partnerships, Dr Susan Kohlhaas, reflects back on the Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference and shares her excitement about what’s to come for dementia research.
How discoveries pave the way for improving people’s lives
We recap the British Neuroscience Association conference, where scientists discussed how discoveries in the lab are being transformed into new ways to diagnose and treat the diseases that cause dementia.
Could being a ‘superager’ prevent memory and thinking problems in later life?
Research in the US published today (Friday 30 September) suggest that the brain cells of ‘superagers’ may hold the key to resisting memory and thinking problems later in life.
Top dementia researchers awarded prestigious Brain Prize
Pioneering dementia researchers Professors John Hardy, Bart De Strooper, Christian Haass and Michel Goedert have today been awarded the prestigious 2018 Brain Prize. The award honours outstanding contribution to neuroscience and recognises their innovative work on the genetic and molecular basis of Alzheimer’s disease. The four leading researchers will share a collective prize of one…
Untangling tau in the brain
In several forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s, frontotemporal dementia, corticobasal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy, tau starts to behave out of character.