Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
There are many common elements in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is the most common type of dementia. It is now evident that there are varied spans of disease progression…
A recent article in Science News highlighted a discovery by Richard Seifes, M.D. of Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Seifes has discovered the origin of a liver disease that…
According to a recent article in Business Wire, it is estimated that five million people in the United States over the age of sixty-five are coping with Alzheimer’s at…
A blood test that gives a more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease was announced at the July 2020 International Conference of the Alzheimer’s Association. The Association estimates that approximately…
As of right now, there are no treatments for Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. However, that may soon change. A study led by UCLA researchers identified potential drug…
According to a recent article in BioSpace, Biogen and Eisai have launched a new preclinical Phase III trial of BAN2401 to treat pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease. The new study follows…
As reported in Parkinson's News Today, an investigational therapy to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson’s disease has had its Phase 2 trial approved by the central institutional review…
Parkinson’s News Today recently published an article containing new information about biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease that can be linked to the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. Many people with…
COVID-19 is difficult for many of us. We are facing an unprecedented time and questions abound. How do we handle our work, our families, our health? If you are a…
According to an article in The Asahi Shimbun, Japanese scientists have developed a new vaccine to mitigate neuronal degeneration caused by Alzheimer's disease. The vaccine, delivered nasally, had promising results…
During the past fifteen years there has been ever-increasing interest in scientific research in the role of microbiome in human health. According to a recent article in Forbes India, this…
In February 2020, Epigenetics published results of a study reporting that researchers have found an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease in DNA modification (methylation) that had been overlooked. Patients…
Identifying biomarkers may be an improved method of classifying Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. As outlined in a recent article covered by Parkinson's News Today, both diseases are diagnosed for the most…
Roche has recently released the results of the latest phases of their study of gantenerumab, which is a treatment of a rare form of Alzheimer's disease. This form, which is…
It has been evident to scientists for years that Alzheimer’s disease, which affects about five million people in the U.S., is caused by an accumulation of two proteins within…
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A Colombian family with more than six thousand living family members was the focus of researchers at several institutes in the U.S. and Columbia. According to an article published by…
Doctor Leah Kaminsky discusses a new era in healthcare in her recent article that offers hope through new technology. How Can AI Help? AI will be able to predict changes to…
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Over the years Alzheimer’s patients and their families have seen more than one hundred twenty drugs that were developed for the treatment of Alzheimer's have failed. For a while,…
CNN recently covered a story in the publication Nature about a paper explaining base editing (or prime editing). The researchers who created the technology set forth the process of using base…
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the major cause of impaired memory affecting the older population. Reported cases are rapidly increasing. So far, clinical trials have failed…
Allostasis Allostasis is a concept coined by Joseph Eyer and Peter Sterling, colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1981 they published a paper which contested previous theories on the…
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According to a recent article in MedicalXpress, the newest discovery in the search to reduce the risk of AD was through the work of researchers led by Dr. Jaehong Suh,…
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It's common knowledge among researchers who study diseases called toxic proteinopathies, that this grou of disorders are the result of misfolded proteins that reside in cells. Certain proteins fail to…
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered that one segment of DNA is responsible for four rare diseases. As reported in Science Daily, the university team also believes that…
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