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NIH launches partnership to improve success of clinical trials for patients with Parkinson’s disease
2018-01-30 – The National Institutes of Health is teaming with government, biopharmaceutical, life science and non-profit organizations to overcome obstacles and increase success for advancing promising treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Part of the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), AMP PD…
2018-01-29 – The apolipoprotein E e4 allele is well known for its association with amyloid deposition in Alzheimer’s disease, but now it also appears to help drive the other key pathological process in the disease: deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. This PET neuroimaging study was authored by senior…
2018-01-25 – Advances in brain imaging can identify a greater number of stroke patients who can receive therapy later than previously believed, according to a new study. The results of the Endovascular Therapy Following Imaging Evaluation for the Ischemic Stroke (DEFUSE 3) trial, presented at the International…
2018-01-22 – New research from ANA member Costantino Iadecola, M.D., director and chair of the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical School, links changes in the gut caused by a high-salt diet to impaired blood flow in the brain. This reduced blood flow can eventually lead to…
2018-01-19 – ANA member and winner of the ANA Distinguished Neurology Teacher Award Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D., was named Deputy Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health. “Dr. Schor’s experience running a large university department…
2018-01-17 – Two independent teams of scientists from the University of Utah and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have discovered that a gene crucial for learning, called Arc, can send its genetic material from one neuron to another by employing a strategy commonly used by viruses. The studies,…
2018-01-16 – After three decades of hopes tempered by setbacks, gene therapy is no longer the future of medicine, but is part of the present-day clinical treatment toolkit. The Jan. 12 issue of the journal Science provides an in-depth and timely review of the key developments that have led to several successful…
2018-01-11 – Collaborating is so beneficial, several scientists say it’s “a no-brainer.” Why are some researchers and institutions reluctant to team up? An article from the Association of American Medical Colleges explores the advantages of cross-institution collaboration: During a Time of Cutbacks, Researchers…
2018-01-09 – A recent op-ed in STAT, authored by leaders in the biomedical field, underscores the critical importance of supporting "the funding and infrastructure for biomedical research that can deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow." Read the article: The NIH is in danger of losing its edge in creating…
2018-01-04 – Research presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting by ANA member Matthew Rizzo, MD, chair of the University of Nebraska's department of neurological sciences, suggests that vehicle sensor and physiologic data can be successfully linked to quantify individual driver performance and behavior in drivers…