MUST READS

A November 7, 2016 Medscape.com article reported that “A special issue of Alzheimer's & Dementia is devoted entirely to various areas of tau-related research. It features nine articles on topics ranging from how tau may lead to brain cell death to the latest in tau therapeutic strategies.”

A November 7, 2016 MedicalXpress.com article reported that “In new research appearing in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia, Diego Mastroeni, Paul Coleman and their colleagues at the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center (NDRC) and the Biodesign Center for Bioenergetics investigate the role of mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease pathology.”

A November 7, 2016 NewsMax.com article reported that “Researchers have developed a new chemical that is better able to spot the clumps of protein plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease — and much sooner before significant damage is done.”

A November 7, 2016 Scope Stanford Blog highlighted the efforts of Alzheimer’s researchers to channel the efforts of citizen scientists. According to the article, “The game, called Stall Catchers, is part of the EyesOnALZ project that uses citizen scientists to analyze Alzheimer’s research data. The game was developed by the Human Computation Institute, in collaboration with scientists from Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley. The research team is trying to understand the association between reduced blood flow in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease.”