Steps Forward: Immunoassays for cryptic HDGFL2 flag TDP-43 proteinopathy in diverse disorders. Companies have moved a PET ligand into Phase 1 trials.

A documentary of country legend Glen Campbell's life and “Goodbye Tour” following his diagnosis of Alzheimer's ...

Other Phenotypes Premature death, attributed to hindbrain tauopathy, generally occurs between eight and 12 months (Dutschmann et al., 2010). Premature death is preceded by weight loss, hyperkyphosis, ...

Background Sensory Stimulation Systems, and GENUS, refer to a noninvasive procedure, i.e., a "digital therapeutic," being developed by Cognito Therapeutics. The company developed a wearable GammaSense ...

This database is a repository of normal genetic variability, designed to be a tool for researchers who study neurodegenerative disease. It contains whole-exome sequencing results from nearly 500 ...

After years of fits and starts, anti-amyloid immunotherapies are finally hitting their target effectively. At least four drugs have now demonstrated the ability to clear plaques from the brain: ...

Biogen’s hopes for a quick regulatory approval of its anti-Aβ antibody aducanumab may be dimming. An advisory panel convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was unimpressed by the evidence ...

Not so long ago, a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease seemed a pipe dream. Now, after years of study, the field is awash with sensitive assays that signal the proteopathic culprits Aβ and tau ...

Series - Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease 2018: Part 1 of 10: Bump in the Road or Disaster? BACE Inhibitors Worsen Cognition Part 2 of 10: Second Look at BAN2401 Data Still Positive, Despite ...

Series - AAT-AD/PD™ 2020 Conference: Advances in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Therapies: Part 1 of 12: New Assay, New Cohorts—Plasma p-Tau181 Looks Even Better Part 2 of 12: 217—The Best Phospho-Tau ...

The first phase of the IDEAS study found that physicians changed treatment plans for about two-thirds of the 11,409 people who underwent amyloid scans (Aug 2017 conference news; Nov 2018 conference ...

In the January issue of the journal Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, researchers led by José Estrela at the University of Valencia, Spain, reported that ALS patients ...