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Discovery reveals how an important protein helps translate learning into memory Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (Gladstone Institutes) have deciphered how a protein called Arc regulates the activity of neurons – providing much-needed clues into the brain’s…

Latest figures show that in 1990, 3.68 million people had dementia in China and by 2010 this number had risen to 9.2 million The international study, led by the University of Edinburgh and published in The Lancet, reviewed almost 90…

The XPRIZE Foundation, a nonprofit organization that creates highly coveted prizes for advances in human endeavor, will award a total of $50 million – the biggest XPRIZE yet – to anyone who develops a new therapy for Alzheimer’s. Though details…

On 29 May, the Public Health Committee in the European Parliament endorsed draft EU rules for clinical trials of new medicines The new regulation is designed to encourage research while protecting patients’ rights and making simpler, more uniform rules. The…

Nature Neuroscience recently published 25 new candidate genes for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Researchers found the genes by sequencing the exomes of patient-parent trios. Variations within the genes must have arisen de novo in each offspring, according to the research, because…

A new study shows that the results could be used in future drug trials for people who are gene positive for HD but who are not yet showing overt symptoms. Scientists have identified a set of tests that could help…

A major 18-month human drug trial gets under way this week to see whether a blood pressure medication can slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms The study - NILVAD (nilvadipine in Alzheimer’s disease) involves nine countries and has…

A recent research study identified a previously unknown cellular process that causes selective motor neuron degeneration A recent research study identified a previously unknown cellular process that causes selective motor neuron degeneration, but it also appears to tie together several…