Alzheimer's

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) – which is focused on global game-changing dementia research working with the Scottish Funding Council’s Brain Health Alliance for Research Challenges (ARC)  proudly announces the first-of-its-kind Data Challenge Summit which will unveil the results stemming from the Bio-Hermes-001 Biomarker Data Challenge. The research competition was launched in February of 2024 to allow researchers early access […]

John Peters said the clinical trial he participated in at the Kawartha Centre gave him parts of his life back. John Peters wasn’t surprised when he started having trouble remembering things — he knew both his father and grandfather battled with Alzheimer’s. “The only big difference was I never smoked,” said Peters. “I was not […]

By Allie Corey Published  March 11, 2025 6:01pm EDT FOX 13 News Ironman athlete with Alzheimer’s sets a new goal FOX 13’s Allie Corey highlights Scott Berkheiser, who is inspiring others by competing in the Ironman Triathlon despite being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 55 years old. The Brief TAMPA, Fla. – The Ironman Triathlon is a grueling […]

 International non-profit expands research network to Syracuse to improvecommunity access to research opportunities Washington D.C., Mar. 10, 2025- Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) announces the addition of Ichor Research, a leading private a clinical research organization based in Syracuse, New York, to its global network of over 100 best-in-class research sites. Specializing in neurodegenerative clinical trials, […]

The free clinical trial at Axiom Brain Health in Tampa works to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s and other cognitive diseases, even years before symptoms appear. Author: Hannah Dineen Published: 4:04 PM EST March 6, 2025 Updated: 8:52 PM EST March 6, 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — It’s estimated nearly 7 million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease. […]

Washington D.C., Feb. 18, 2025- The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation ® (GAP) is gravely concerned over news of terminations of key leaders at the National Institute of Health and the Federal Drug Administration along with the firing of thousands of employees from the Department of Health and Human Services over the weekend. John Dwyer, the […]

Washington D.C., Feb. 18, 2025 – The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) is pleased to welcome Roche to the Bio-Hermes-002 study. This collaboration will enhance this unique, observational platform study that compares blood-based and digital biomarkers across a broad range of clinical cognitive conditions, MRI and PET images as well as numerous races and ethnicities […]

Ralph Kern, MD, MHSc, CMO of Cognito Therapeutics, discusses scaling up clinical trials, integrating patient centricity and transitioning from therapeutics to device treatments. February 13, 2025 Tell us about the scientific foundation behind the Spectris ADTM device. Our non-invasive investigational Spectris ADTM device evokes 40 Hz brain gamma oscillations through audiovisual stimulation. It’s delivered in […]

Could a headset with flashing lights and sounds stimulate brain waves and treat Alzheimer’s? Cognito’s Phase 3 trial on such a device is trying to answer that question. Neuropsychologist Dr. Michelle Papka, the trial’s principal investigator and founder of the CRCNJ, explains the science. Researchers and technology companies are investigating whether non-invasive electromagnetic, visual, and […]

The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Biomarkers of Aging Consortium, a consortium dedicated to the developing and validating biomarkers for aging and longevity. Through a memorandum of understanding, the consortium, led by scholars from Harvard University, will gain early access to Bio-Hermes-001 data to investigate the potential for […]

January 30, 2025 10:24 PM in News – Local By: Lily Celeste The Rio Grande Valley has one of the highest rates of Alzheimer’s in the country, and a clinic in Rio Grande city is attempting to find out why. Dina Ximenez said she’s been volunteering for three years for Alzheimer’s studies conducted by El Faro Health Clinic […]