All Posts: Alzheimer's disease
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Georgetown Study Opens for Those With Inherited Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
WASHINGTON — The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center is seeking volunteers to participate in a study testing two agents to slow the onset and…
March 28, 2016
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First Diagnosed Case of Alzheimer’s Disease in HIV-Positive Individual Reported
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2016) — Georgetown University researchers are reporting the first case of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual. The finding…
March 23, 2016
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Georgetown Seeks Volunteers for New Immunotherapy Clinical Trial for Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON — The Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University is seeking volunteers to participate in an international clinical trial of a drug that, in an early…
February 22, 2016
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Could Blood pressure drugs have a role in Alzheimer's Disease treatment?
WASHINGTON — In laboratory neuronal cultures, an FDA-approved drug used to treat high blood pressure reduced cell damage often linked to Alzheimer’s disease, say…
January 29, 2016
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Resveratrol Impacts Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker
WASHINGTON — The largest nationwide clinical trial to study high-dose resveratrol long-term in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease found that a…
September 5, 2015
- GUMC Stories
Researcher Debunks Alzheimer's Prevailing Development Theory
(October 31, 2014) – New research that dramatically alters the prevailing theory of how Alzheimer’s disease develops has been published online today by Georgetown researchers…
October 31, 2014
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Tau, Not Amyloid-beta, Triggers Neuronal Death Process in Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (Oct. 31, 2014) — New research points to malfunctioning tau, not amyloid-beta (Abeta) plaque, as the seminal event that spurs neuron death in disorders such as…
October 31, 2014
- GUMC Stories
Seeding the Work of GUMC's Young Neuroscience Investigators
(May 30, 2013) — Talk of continued successes punctuated the conversations of more than 150 guests at Georgetown University Medical Center’s (GUMC) third annual “Music for…
February 19, 2014
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Cancer Drug Prevents Build-up of Toxic Brain Protein
WASHINGTON (May 10, 2013) — Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have used tiny doses of a leukemia drug to halt accumulation of toxic proteins linked to…
December 12, 2013
- GUMC Stories
Music for the Mind – Old Songs Create New Memories
(March 08, 2012) — This year’s Music for the Mind brings together songs of the past and present with entertainer Wayne Brady’s imaginative and comic look back on…
March 8, 2012