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She’s Taking the Fight to Alzheimer’s Disease
A student at GAP-Net site Northwestern University created Alzheimer’s Brain Box, a customized box to help engage the brain and enhance mood for those living with the disease. Weinberg second-year student Victoria Da Conceicao learned at a young age what it means to fight back against adversity. As a child, she always lived near her […]
It’s Radical, it Might Help Alzheimer’s, and it’s Coming to NJ
GAP-Net site Princeton Medical Institute’s Dr. Jeffrey Apter was featured on NJ 101.5 and spoke about an Alzheimer’s drug that is taking a fresh approach on treating the disease. We’ve heard it called the long goodbye. I can only imagine how painful it is to have your parents go through the slow decline of dementia, […]
The Eyes Offer a Window into Alzheimer’s Disease
Research from GAP-Net site University of California, San Francisco finds retinal scans tie blood vessel deterioration to APOE4, the most prevalent genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. While it has been said that the eyes are a window to the soul, a new study shows they could be a means for understanding diseases of the brain. […]
Pioneering Alzheimer’s Study Seeks Hispanic Volunteers in Florida
The Bio-Hermes study will not close until 20% of its volunteers are Hispanic/Latinx, and/or African American/Black. This article is also available in Spanish. A clinical trial could lead to the creation of biomarker-based rapid Alzheimer’s tests. The research called Biohermes will include older Hispanics in the study, announced the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP). The study will be carried out in […]
Global testing: Inland Northwest Research Joins International Parkinson’s Clinical Trial to Determine if Investigational Drug Slows Progression
GAP-Net site, Inland Northwest Research, and GAP President, John Dwyer, talk about the Parkinson’s disease study, PADOVA, and what it hopes to achieve. A Parkinson’s disease clinical trial is launching at 120 global sites – including Spokane – to do a broader test of an investigational drug that in an earlier phase indicated it slowed […]
Syracuse Research Group Looking for Volunteers to Identify Risks for Alzheimer’s
GAP-Net site, Clarity Clinical Research, was featured on CNYCentral about their participation in the Bio-Hermes study. Clarity Clinical Research, a Syracuse research group, is looking for volunteers in an Alzheimer’s risk study. The study includes three visits with no-cost amyloid PET scans that are designed to predict or possibly diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Brain amyloid plaques […]
Victor Company Plays Role in World-Wide Study, Seeking to Improve Alzheimer’s Detection
GAP President John Dwyer was on RochesterFirst.com to talk about the ground breaking Bio-Hermes study and what it means for the future of Alzheimer’s detection. Click here to watch the full interview. In the next few years – we could expect Alzheimer’s detection to be as easy and accessible as ordering up a blood test, […]
Bio-Hermes: Making Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Fast, Cheap, Accessible
GAP President John Dwyer spoke to Alzforum about the Bio-Hermes study. With disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease potentially on the cusp of approval, there will be pressing demand for quick, simple ways to screen patients and determine if they have amyloid plaque in their brains. The current gold-standard diagnostics used in research—amyloid PET scans and […]
Syracuse Researchers Seek Volunteers for Free Brain Scan that Predicts Alzheimer’s
GAP-Net Site Clarity Clinical Research talks about their participation in GAP’s Bio-Hermes Study. Syracuse, N.Y. — A Syracuse research clinic is seeking volunteers for a brain scan that may help predict or diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear. Clarity Clinical Research is one of 10 clinics nationwide offering no cost Amyloid PET scans as part […]
They Have Alzheimer’s. This Clinical Trial May Be a Last Hope.
GAP President John Dwyer was quoted in a New York Times article along side three Alzheimer’s volunteer participants in the donanemab clinical trial by Lilly, a GAP partner. Despite the urgent need for treatments to slow or stop Alzheimer’s disease, finding patients for clinical trials has been difficult and frustrating. Patients are often older. Their […]