Mission Viejo Buzz: Brain health screening unit rolls into town

A groundbreaking mobile research unit made its West Coast debut in Mission Viejo on Saturday, August 9, at Mount of Olives Church. The Healthy Brain Clinic launched the unit to improve access to brain health education and services. With 12% of Californians currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, the mobile unit aims to lower barriers for […]

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Tampa Beacon: Around town: Tampa news briefs

Axiom Brain Health recently launched a new Florida-based mobile research unit that will tour the state to improve accessibility to brain health education and services in Tampa. A ribbon cutting was held Aug. 6 at the New Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Tampa featuring Pastor Larry Roundtree, the experts from Axiom Brain Health, and The […]

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Mission Viejo Takes Brain Health on the Road with Mobile Research Unit Ribbon Cutting

Mission Viejo, Aug 12, 2025— Brain health is being taken on the road in Mission Viejo with a Mobile Research Unit that will tour the West Coast to improve accessibility to brain health education and services. The Mobile Research Unit made its debut on August 9 with a ribbon cutting with The Healthy Brain Clinic […]

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Tampa Takes Brain Health on the Road Debuting Mobile Research Unit

Florida Mobile Research Unit Launched with Axiom Brain Health at New Mt. Zion Baptist Church     Tampa, FL Aug 6, 2025— Brain health is being taken on the road in Tampa as Axiom Brain Health launched a new Florida-based mobile research unit that will tour the state, to improve accessibility to brain health education and […]

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Dementia Help: Accelerating Alzheimer’s Research: The Bio-Hermes-001 Dataset is Now Publicly Available

The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) and the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative) have released the Bio?Hermes?001 dataset — described as the most comprehensive biomarker dataset in Alzheimer’s research history. The release of Bio?Hermes?001 marks a pivotal moment in Alzheimer’s research: a first?of?its?kind dataset blending biomarker, cognitive, retinal, and speech data across a deeply diverse cohort. Now available to scientists worldwide, […]

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Accelerating Alzheimer’s Research: Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Disease Dataset Now Available to the Public

Data from Most Deeply Characterized Cohort Across Alzheimer’s Disease Released byGlobal Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation and Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative Washington D.C., July 31, 2025 – The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) and the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative) announced today that data generated from the Bio-Hermes-001 study are now publicly available. This release […]

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AInvest: Roche’s Alzheimer’s Prevention Gambit: A Game-Changer in a $13B Market?

OliverBlake, Sunday, Jul 27, 2025 4:21 pm ETThe global Alzheimer’s disease market is a high-stakes arena where innovation and precision collide. With over 60 million people affected worldwide and a projected $19.44 billion market size by 2030, the race to develop disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) and diagnostics is intensifying. Roche, a pharmaceutical giant with a legacy […]

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Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation and Genentech Collaborate to Expand Access to Alzheimer’s Research

Washington, DC -July 28, 2025 –The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP), an international leader in accelerating clinical trials and improving recruitment, announced a collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to expand access to clinical trials for communities underrepresented in Alzheimer’s research. This partnership will leverage the combined expertise of GAP’s Site Alliance […]

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GAP Experts to Present at Prestigious International Conference 

Showcase on Bio-Hermes Data Challenge and Poster Presentation to Take Place at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) Washington D.C., July 23, 2025- The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® , (GAP) will have a poster presentation and a Featured Research Session at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) being held in Toronto, Canada. Poster Presentation […]

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Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Announces Strategic Collaboration and Partnership with IXICO for the Transformative Bio-Hermes-002 Study

IXICO joins collaborative study of new biomarkers designed to improve diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and dementias  Washington D.C., July 22, 2025 – The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) is pleased to welcome IXICO, a global leader in neuroscience imaging and biomarker analytics, to the Bio-Hermes-002 study. This collaboration will enhance this unique, observational platform study […]

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BioSpace: Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostics Market Size to Reach USD 25.53 Billion by 2034

June 30, 2025 | 1 min read The global alzheimer’s disease diagnostics market size is calculated at USD 8.95 billion in 2024, grows to USD 9.94 billion in 2025, and is projected to reach around USD 25.53 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 11.05% from 2025 to 2034. Rising regulatory approvals, innovative product launches, research funding […]

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WPRI: Bridging the gap: How Progreso Latino is changing the face of Alzheimer’s research

by: Alex Torres-Perez, Posted: Jun 30, 2025 CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. (WPRI) — Central Falls-based Progreso Latino has been awarded the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation’s prestigious Citizen Scientist Cultivator Award for its work bridging barriers to get more Hispanic people involved in Alzheimer’s studies, which could help millions in the future. Studies show Hispanics are 1.5 times more […]

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Families demand end to Medicare waiting period for early-onset Alzheimer’s patients

This article was originally published in the Washington Examiner by Elaine Mallon Jason Raubach was diagnosed at 50 years old with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease — a diagnosis that affects nearly 200,000 Americans. He received the diagnosis in 2018, completely upending life for his family. His youngest child was just a freshman in high school. “It’s like somebody grabs you by […]

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Jim Taylor: What my wife’s experience with Alzheimer’s has taught me

Posted on the Chicago Tribune on June 9, 2025. After several unexplained memory slips, there came a day when my wife, Geri, didn’t recognize her own face in the mirror. That’s when we knew it was time for her to get checked out. It was 2012, and Alzheimer’s was a feared diagnosis. At the time, […]

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Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Applauds FDA Authorization of the First Blood-Based Diagnostic Test for Assessing Alzheimer’s Disease

For immediate release:   Contact: media@globalalzplatform.org Washington D.C., May 20, The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) applauds the FDA’s clearance of the first blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Fujirebio’s Lumipulse G pTau217/ß-Amyloid 1-42 Plasma Ratio invitro diagnostic (IVD) represents the first blood-based test available to physicians and their patients for early detection of amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s—a critical […]

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Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Welcomes Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience to its Global Network

International non-profit expands research network to Hawaii to improve access to research opportunities Washington D.C., May. 13, 2025- Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation ® (GAP) announces the addition of Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience a leading private clinical research organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii, to its global network of over 100 best-in-class research sites. Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience addresses the […]

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The Chicago Defender: Hundreds Attend Free Brain Health Day in Chicago to Combat Alzheimer’s Disparities

May 10, 2025 Chicago Bulls Guard Jahmir Young (left) Senator Mattie Hunter (middle) and Dr. Rany Aburashed, CEO of Neurogen Biomarking (right) rallied over 400 community members during a free Brain Health Day sponsored by Neurogen at Insight Hospital (Photo Provided).  On Saturday, more than 400 community members participated in Capturing Memories: A Free Brain Health […]

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Health Digest: This US County Has One Of The Highest Dementia Rates In The Country And The Reasons Are Heartbreaking

BY NANCY SCHIMELPFENING MAY 12, 2025 3:30 PM EST Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that affects memory, thinking, and behavior severely enough to interfere with daily life. While certain treatments may slow its progression, there is currently no cure. (Here are some warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease you should never ignore.) According to The South […]

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KRGV: Potential funding for dementia research could help areas like Starr County

In November, Texans will vote on whether to invest $3 billion into dementia research. Texas ranks third in the nation for rates of dementia. “It doesn’t just affect the patient, it affects the entire family,” El Faro Health and Therapeutics Primary Investigator Dr. James Falcon said. In Starr County, you don’t have to look very […]

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New York Post: This Texas county has one of the highest dementia rates in the US — what’s behind it?

By  Diana Bruk Published May 1, 2025, 3:10 p.m. A county in southern Texas, near the US-Mexico border, is suffering from a bit of an epidemic. Starr County has emerged as a national hot spot — not for tourism or industry, but for having one of the highest rates of dementia in the country. Roughly one in five seniors […]

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Daily Mail EXCLUSIVE: Unassuming US town being gripped by DEMENTIA epidemic: ‘Everybody’s got it’

Published: 01:45 EDT, 1 May 2025 | Updated: 08:26 EDT, 1 May 2025 While it might appear like just another sleepy border town, Rio Grande City in southern Texas has a dark secret. The community of just over 15,000 residents has one of the highest dementia rates in America.  One in four people here over the age of 65 have it compared to around […]

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Pastor recognized for her volunteerism in Alzheimer’s research

BY  SETH VOORHEES OSWEGO | spectrumlocalnews OWEGO, N.Y. — Nearly seven million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease, and according to the National Institutes of Health, the number could grow by 50% by 2060. It’s a stunning number, but researchers say they’re making great progress in understanding and preventing the disease, which affects memory, thinking and behavior. An author and […]

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PR Newswire: iLoF and Industry Leader Hamamatsu Announce Strategic Investment in a Collaboration to Advance the Future of Personalized Medicine

iLoF, the leading innovator in AI-powered photonics platforms for personalised medicine, announces today a strategic investment from Hamamatsu, the world expert in the development and manufacturing of photonics devices and systems for medical optics and biophotonics, to further its mission of transforming healthcare and driving innovation in medicine. LONDON, Oct. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — iLoF, the leading company […]

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Encuentros Interactivos: Dilenia Cruz recibe el reconocimiento Citizen Scientist Cultivator Honoree 2024 por su labor en salud cerebral

*”This story reposted in its entirely in the original posted language”*En un evento celebrado en la Conferencia de Optimización de Sitios GAP-Net 2025 en Miami, Florida, la Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® reconoció a Dilenia Cruz como una de las figuras clave en la lucha contra enfermedades neurodegenerativas al otorgarle el prestigioso título de Citizen Scientist Cultivator […]

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