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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
*”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 […]
GAP regrets to report that Dr. Neil Buckholtz, a valued member of the GAP Board of Directors, passed away earlier this week. Neil was a research pioneer that made singular contributions to improving the infrastructure and science pursuing therapies and cures for Alzheimer’s and related dementias. Neil pursued several medical and health disciplines, receiving his […]
Global Researchers Recognized for Trailblazing Projects in First-of-Its-Kind Data Competition Washington D.C., Mar. 27, 2025 – International non-profit organization The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) in collaboration with the Scottish Funding Council’s Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges (ARC) and the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative proudly announced four winners of the Bio-Hermes Biomarker Data Challenge at the first Data […]