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γ-Secretase Drives Spine Formation Via Novel Substrate
10 May 2009. The γ-secretase has come a long way since its original discovery as the protease responsible for the production of amyloid-β peptides during sequential cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein...
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HAI Seattle: Aβ May Disrupt Brain Function in Normal Seniors
8 May 2009. Figuring out what high levels of brain amyloid mean for otherwise healthy older people was a prime focus of the Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI) conference...
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Research Brief: Targeting Trinucleotide Repeats Tamps Toxic RNAs
8 May 2009. The stutter that causes an overabundance of DNA repeats in diseases such as Huntington’s is tricky to silence because the normal genes, too, have their own, smaller share of repeats...
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News Brief: HBO’s Alzheimer’s Project Debuts on Mother’s Day
8 May 2009. For the past two years, HBO’s award-winning documentary team has been filming and editing a massive project on Alzheimer disease...
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In the spotlight
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Seattle Hosts Latest and Greatest on Amyloid Imaging
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Unseasonably blue skies graced the Rainy City as some 150 researchers gathered there 24 April for the 3rd annual Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI) conference. Do you want to know what amyloid in cognitively normal people really means? The definitive answer isn't in quite yet, but with 18 talks, 16 posters, and ample discussion, this one-day meeting featured new data relating brain amyloid load to a host of other Alzheimer disease biomarkers. Check this space for Esther Landhuis's stories. |
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Does Brain Amyloid Correlate With Sagging Metabolism?
Aβ May Disrupt Brain Function in Normal Seniors
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Symposium: Therapeutics in Cognitive Aging
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This one-day symposium at the New York Academy of Sciences on 15 May 2009 will focus on an issue of great importance to an aging society—the development of novel therapies for cognitive decline across the lifespan of humans. This meeting will convene prominent basic and clinical scientists who study the cognitive and neurobiological aspects of aging and its consequences for cognition. For more information and to register, please visit website. |
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What's New
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Jobs - Posted 10 May 2009
Scientist: Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, California. |
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Jobs - Posted 7 May 2009
Brain Slice Electrophysiologist for Drug Discovery: Lundbeck Research USA, Paramus, New Jersey. |
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Conferences - Posted 7 May 2009
19th World Congress of Neurology: 24-30 October 2009, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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Comments - Posted 7 May 2009
Read remarks by Bart De Strooper, Luca Scorrano, Vanessa Morais about
Morais V et al.
NEWS: That Touch of Pink1—Toning Mitochondrial Respiration |
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Conferences - Posted 6 May 2009
The Michael J. Fox Foundation: Third Annual Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics Conference: 30 September 2009, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY, U.S.A. |
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Comments - Posted 5 May 2009
Read remarks by Paul Coleman about Jacobson MW et al.
PAPER: The emergence of cognitive discrepancies in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: A six-year case study. |
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Comments - Posted 5 May 2009
Read remarks by Mikko Laakso about Klunk WE et al.
PAPER: Imaging brain amyloid in Alzheimer's disease with Pittsburgh Compound-B. |
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Comments - Posted 5 May 2009
Read remarks by Rudolf Bloechl about
Bengoechea TG et al.
NEWS: Peripheral p75 Protects Against Aβ Toxicity |
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