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January 10, 2018     Alzheimer's Disease     The latest Alzheimer's disease news from News Medical

Researchers awarded grant to repurpose FDA-approved drugs for treating Alzheimer's patients   Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and collaborators have received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to identify FDA-approved medications that could be repurposed to treat Alzheimer's disease.       Researchers use Quest MRI to identify earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease in mice   Alzheimer's disease wreaks emotional havoc on patients, who are robbed of their memories, their dignity, and their lives. It's financially devastating as well: care for Alzheimer's patients is predicted to top $1 trillion by about the time children born today are having children of their own.

Alzheimer’s Research UK calls on pharma to continue supporting dementia research   Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling for a recommitment from pharmaceutical companies to continue efforts to fund research into dementia, the leading cause of death in the UK.         Diabetes drug holds promise of being developed into new treatment for Alzheimer's   A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer's after scientists found it "significantly reversed memory loss" in mice through a triple method of action.         Researchers discover novel genes responsible for Alzheimer's disease   Researchers have identified several new genes responsible for Alzheimer's disease (AD) including those leading to functional and structural changes in the brain and elevated levels of AD proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

Salk scientists identify molecular target of experimental Alzheimer’s drug   The experimental drug J147 is something of a modern elixir of life; it's been shown to treat Alzheimer's disease and reverse aging in mice and is almost ready for clinical trials in humans.       Powerful imaging technique sheds light on how the brain responds to vascular injury   Pericytes, a little-understood type of cell on the brain's blood vessels, grow into the empty space left when neighboring pericytes die, report researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina in a January 2nd, 2018 article in Cell Reports.

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