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Oxidative Stress & Alzheimer's - The Basics

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Anavex is enthusiastic about its experimental medication that fights Alzheimer's by battling oxidative stress. Here is their primer explaining the basics of oxidative stress and Alzheimer's.

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Mighty Sources Join Forces

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Dementia research took two giant steps forward. Three countries joined forces to standardize guidelines and technologies. In addition, 19 institutions jointly opened up clinical trial results from 4,000 patients to the greater research world.

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World’s 1st Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial for Healthy People

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The $100 million Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API) promises to accelerate prevention therapies. See how experimental anti-amyloid antibody crenezumab will attempt to prevent Alzheimer’s in 300 people.

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A Trigger & Bullet in the Alzheimer's Gun

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Brain plaque is associated with Alzheimer’s. Plaque, from beta-amyloid, comes in many forms. Is pyroglu-beta-amyloid a “trigger” & tau protein the Alzheimer's “bullet”?

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Painkillers like Celebrex Lead to Dementia from Stroke

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See how 13 years of study & debate confirmed the exact cardiovascular risk of certain anti-inflammatory pain-killers. Learn how these drugs put healthy users in the same risk-class as smokers and diabetics.

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Clinical Trials Fight Alzheimer's & Provide Meaning

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See why Alzheimer's sufferer, Bob Sessions, is participating in a trial of resveratrol. The clinical trial is being conducted by Georgetown University Medical Center and sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

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P-Tau & Plaque: The 2 Villains Behind Alzheimer's

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New research shows that plaque without phosphorylated-tau is, for all practical purposes, not Alzheimer’s. Learn how this effects measuring and targeting of drugs in clinical trials.

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ANAVEX 1-41: Preventing Oxidative Stress on Brain Cells

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Anavex 1-41, an experimental Alzheimer's medication, prevents oxidative stress on brain cells. Such stress damages and destroys brain cells and is believed to be a primary cause of Alzheimer's disease. Learn how it  prevents loss of cells in the hippocampus, the part of the brain behind learning, emotion and memory.

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Dual Vaccine Begins Tests by Intellect Neurosciences and University of California

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RV03 research aims to develop the first dual vaccine against both amyloid beta and tau. Most doctors believe these two culprits are the main cause of Alzheimer's.

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Alzheimer's Symptoms may be Treatable by Controlling Calcium

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Mutated genes related to Alzheimer's are also related to imbalances of calcium in the brain. Since medicines exist to balance calcium, this connection could be crucial to a new treatment.

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Through the Nose

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Scientists working on cures for Alzheimer’s disease find it hard to develop drugs that will pass through the highly selective blood-brain barrier. A Tel Aviv University researcher decided to take an alternate route to the brain - through the nose.

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Bryostatin Creates New Brain Connections, Restores & Improves Memory

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New Family of Drugs Could Repair Brain Damage and Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

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Bapineuzumab Clinical Trial is Best Chance for Alzheimer's

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Bapineuzumab, racing alongside 100 other experimental Alzheimer's drugs, is in advanced trials. Learn why Pfizer's Research Chief feels it is today's "best chance" for a better Alzheimer's treatment.

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Three Genes Advance 3 Steps to Curing FTD

Examining brain tissue from over 500 individuals in 11 countries, frontotemporal dementia researchers found a new risk factor for this common cause of early-onset dementia.

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Proteins Could Help Re-Grow Damaged Nerve Cells

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Discovery could be breakthrough for those with Alzheimer's

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