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Scientists get closer to blood test for Alzheimer's disease

Developing such a test has been a long-sought goalScientists warn that the new approach still needs more validation and is not yet ready for wide use

3 min read29 Jul 2020
Science

Roche, Lily drugs fail to halt Alzheimer’s disease

Pursuit of a cure, which would reap drugmakers billions of dollars, has been marked by more than 100 failuresThe study of Roche’s gantenerumab and Eli Lilly’s solanezumab focused on rare autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease, which is caused by gene mutations that follow generations of families

1 min read11 Feb 2020
Science

Exposure to environmental lead can cause Alzheimer’s disease: Study

The finding is part of a recent research done by scientists at Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of NutritionLead’s role as a risk factor in development of neurodegenerative diseases and many dysfunctions of the human central nervous system is established globally

2 min read13 Jan 2020
Science

Indian scientists identify possible cause of Alzheimer’s disease

The study is also published in the Human Brain Mapping Journal in its latest issueThe scientists have said that depletion of a form of Glutathione called as good Glutathione in some parts of the brain might be a possible cause of the Alzheimer's disease

1 min read15 Oct 2019
Money

Family can be guardian of Alzheimer patient

You can make an application before a competent court for declaring that the daughter of the bedridden Alzheimer’s patient or you (as the caretaker) be the guardian of the patientThese matters are taken up in a fast track manner and the courts are usually sympathetic and empathetic towards the patient and the applicant

1 min read10 Apr 2019
Science

Scientists develop data framework for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

NBRC scientists have proposed a big data framework that provides an integration of various modalities at one platform. The proposed framework facilitates to normalize and preprocess raw MRI, MRS and neuropsychological data into a suitable format that can be used for further processing

2 min read13 Jan 2019
Science

Alzheimer’s research gets glimmer of hope, not for first time

After one of Biogen's experimental drugs showed disappointing results in December, a new analysis with an additional 6-month of data suggested that the treatment might slow the progression of Alzheimer

3 min read7 Jul 2018
Companies

Suven Life gets product patents from New Zealand, Norway

Suven Life said on Tuesday that it has been granted a product patent by New Zealand and Norway for therapeutic agents useful in treatment of cognitive impairment

1 min read22 May 2018
Science

Scientists at NCBS to study how mental illness runs in families in India

The NCBS study, to be conducted in collaboration with the InStem and the NIMHANS, will also focus on mental illnesses, especially bipolar disorders, among youth

2 min read14 May 2018
Science

Indian scientists using artificial intelligence to predict early onset of Alzheimer’s

Scientists are working to develop a diagnostics system using artificial intelligence to map metabolic patterns in different brain regions in healthy and pathological conditions

2 min read26 Apr 2018
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