Tag: APOE December 11, 2023 Clues to preventing Alzheimer’s come from patient who, despite genetics, evaded diseaseBreaking link between early, late stages of disease may prevent dementia.News Release November 22, 2023 Lowering a form of brain cholesterol reduces Alzheimer’s-like damage in miceTargeting cholesterol potentially could help treat Alzheimer’s, related dementias.News Release November 16, 2022 Study yields clues to why Alzheimer’s disease damages certain parts of the brainFindings could help explain rare symptoms such as problems with language, vision.News Release July 8, 2021 New Alzheimer’s treatment targets identifiedStudy points to FDA-approved drugs that have potential to slow or reverse brain damage.News Release February 17, 2021 Protein linked to Alzheimer’s, strokes cleared from brain blood vesselsIn mice, antibody removes amyloid, improves vessel function without raising risk of brain bleeds.News Release February 5, 2020 Gene ID’d as potential therapeutic target for dementia in Parkinson’sTargeting gene linked to Alzheimer’s may reduce dementia risk in Parkinson’s.News Release March 26, 2018 Antibody removes Alzheimer’s plaques, in micePotential therapy removes APOE and plaques from brain.News Release December 6, 2017 Alzheimer’s damage in mice reduced with compound that targets APOE geneAPOE is major Alzheimer’s risk gene.News Release September 20, 2017 Newly ID’d role of major Alzheimer’s gene suggests possible therapeutic targetBlocking ApoE4 in brain may prevent nerve cell death, inflammation.News Release Posts navigation