Progress in AD Research Continues

In 2007, scientists supported by NIH have made advances in a number of areas important to AD:

• Basic research on AD
• Normal cognitive aging
• The interface between healthy cognitive aging and AD
• Genetic causes and risk factors for AD
• Nongenetic risk and protective factors for AD
• Diagnosis
• Translational research
• AD clinical trials
• Caregiver support

These areas of investigation focus on the central issues of AD—what occurs during the very first steps of the disease process, what we can do to promote healthy cognitive aging and prevent AD, and what we can do once the disease has taken hold. The following sections describe new knowledge in these areas that may hold the key to future prevention, treatment, and caregiving strategies.

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