Machine learning software sharpens the diagnostic utility of FDG PET scans. StateViewer told apart nine neurodegenerative diseases with 93 percent accuracy. Using the program made radiologists three ...

κWhen microglia wind up with a belly full of lipid droplets, it’s a sign that the cells are rallying, perhaps in vain, to a neurodegenerative threat. But according to a study published July 10 in Cell ...

Every participant in the Dutch 100-Plus study is, by definition, exceptional. Just to qualify for enrollment, they must have remained cognitively healthy even after logging 100 laps around the sun.

Is Alzheimer’s disease different in people with Down’s? Two recent proteomics studies say yes. In the July 1 Nature Communications, scientists led by Erik Johnson at Emory University School of ...

This widely used tauopathy model was developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine by Virginia Lee, John Trojanowski, and colleagues. As first reported in 2007 on a mixed background, ...

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Research News Parkinsonian disorders are difficult to diagnose. Clinical symptoms often overlap ...

Reissue of RFA-FD-22-001 - Efficient and Innovative Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Needs in Rare Diseases (R01 Clinical Trials Optional) (RFA-FD-25-017) Grants Home ...

In a June 12 conference at UW-Madison, researchers gathered from across the U.S. and abroad to discuss the latest progress on TDP-43 biomarkers. In all, 74 people attended in person, and 727 virtually ...

NULISA assays measure AD biomarkers in blood as accurately as do gold-standard assays. A panel of 123 CNS proteins could aid differential diagnosis. It may also sharpen prognosis and profile a ...

CagA disrupts bacterial biofilms. It also prevents Aβ and α-synuclein from forming fibrils. Scientists will test CagA in AD and PD mouse models to assess its therapeutic potential. Scientists estimate ...

GNPC has assembled proteomic data on 40,000 blood and CSF samples from cohorts of neurodegenerative disease. The dataset will be released for public use July 15. GNPC scientists are adding more ...