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The largest international study ever conducted on Alzheimer’s disease, the I-GAP (International Genomics Alzheimer’s Project) consortium has identified eleven new regions of the genome involved in the onset of the disease. This research gives an overview of the molecular mechanisms underlying…

University of California Irvine’s trailblazing 90+ Study, aimed at learning more about the “oldest old, will continue for at least another five years, thanks to a $9.5 million renewal grant from the US National Institute on Aging. The 90+ Study…

A chemical substance has been identified which shows signs of being able to halt a range of neurodegenerative diseases in mice. Researchers at the University of Leicester’s Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, investigating prion disease in mice, have found a…

Research teams from Sheffield, UK and Milan, Italy looked at the factors which might explain the differences observed in speed and severity in the progression of motor neuron disease (MND). Researchers used a scientific technique known as gene expression profiling to…

Neurobiologists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research proved that excitability protects motor neurons from degeneration in amyotropic lateral sclerosis, a rare neurodegenerative disease. By modulating excitability researchers could influence the rate of motor dysfunction and muscle denervation, and slow…

Having depression may increase your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease by up to three times, according to a new study. Depression is known to raise the risk of a host of diseases including cancer and stroke, but although it is…

In a joint announcement, three French Ministers expressed their support for people with dementia and their carers on World Alzheimer’s Day. Marisol Touraine (Social Affairs and Health Minister), Geneviève Fioraso (Minister for Higher Education and Research) and Michèle Delaunay (Minister…

Highlights EU support for the coordination of national research efforts through the joint programming initiative on neurodegenerative diseases More research, innovation and awareness is the solution to overcoming the societal challenges presented by dementia, argues Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.