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Researchers Publish Study Looking at Approaches to Better Treat Alzheimer's Disease

Jul 29, 2020, 8:34 AM

For the past several decades, much of the work to find a treatment for AD has been focused on eliminating those dreaded Aβ plaques, by assuming that memory could be restored by removing the plaques.

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UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Facilitates First Participant in Worldwide Drug Study

Jul 17, 2020, 8:21 AM

This work is looking at a study medication, BAN2401, to determine if it can help prevent worsening memory and thinking among individuals who might be at risk for future decline.

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Sanders-Brown Researcher Receives Grant Supported by Rotary Clubs to Further Dementia Studies

Jul 8, 2020, 8:26 AM

The $125,000 grant comes from The CART Fund. CART (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) is a grassroots effort by Rotary Club members throughout the country to provide cutting edge research to help find a cure for Alzheimer’s.

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It’s Not Just Alzheimer’s Disease: Sanders-Brown Research Highlights Form of Severe Dementia

Jun 29, 2020, 8:24 AM

The long-running study on aging and brain health at UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) Alzheimer’s Disease Center has once again resulted in important new findings – highlighting a complex and under-recognized form of dementia.

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Sanders-Brown Director Leads First Human Study of Drug Targeting Brain Inflammation

Apr 9, 2020, 8:06 AM

Linda J. Van Eldik, director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at UK, co-authored a paper reporting the first human clinical study of a drug candidate that suppresses injury and disease-induced inflammation of the brain.

Pilot Grant Funding for Studies on Alzheimer's Disease

The ADC is soliciting pilot grant applications focused on dynamic basic and clinical science studies of aging, AD, and related dementias. Each of the awards is intended to provide seed funding that will facilitate the initial testing of novel hypotheses that lead to national-level funding of an expanded research plan based on the pilot work.

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UK Researcher Makes 'Top Science Stories of 2019' List by Discover Magazine

Jan 16, 2020, 8:03 AM

An international group of experts led by Dr. Peter Nelson, a neuropathologist at the UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is being recognized as one of the top science stories of 2019 by Discover Magazine.

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UK Honors Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Researchers

Jan 2, 2020, 8:25 AM

At UK's men's basketball game versus the University of Louisville on Dec. 28, UK Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik and researchers Pete Nelson, Donna Wilcock and Steve Scheff were recognized on the Rupp Arena floor.

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Markesbery Scientific Symposium and Poster Session Set for Nov. 6

Oct 28, 2019, 8:15 AM

Guest speaker Adam Brickman, professor of Neuropsychology, Columbia University, as well as research updates from Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

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$2.8 Million Grant Will Fund Preclinical Study of New Dementia Treatment

Oct 7, 2019, 8:16 AM

The research is novel in that it is exploring efficacy in treating more than one form of dementia at the same time. 

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