Alzheimer’s Brain Scan Works, Says FDA: Would You Want to Know?

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Brain Scan That Detects Disease Decades Before Symptoms, Offers Conundrums, Not Cure

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Earliest brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s genetic risk point to possible prevention therapies

Monday, December 6th, 2010

What are the earliest brain changes associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease? A new study finds reduced activity of an energy-generating enzyme in deceased young adult brain donors who carry a common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease — before the protein changes or microscopic abnormalities commonly associated ... continue reading

Alzheimer’s risk ‘seen in young’

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Scientists discover that a known risk gene for Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain in healthy young people – decades before the disease develops.

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