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Early-Stage Efforts to Discover Drugs That Preserve Brain Cells
The Friends of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center hosted a public forum on Wednesday, March 23. Steven McKnight, PhD, chairman of UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Department of Biochemistry talked about a small molecule that he and his colleagues discovered that can boost learning and memory, as well as prevent new brain cells from dying. They are working to “polish” this early-stage drug lead so that it might help patients suffering from various neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s Disease. Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD, one of Dr. McKnight’s co-investigators, partners with him in the presentation.
Dr. Mary Quiceno awarded SAGE grant for geriatric education video
DALLAS - Apr 21, 2011 - Mary Quiceno, MD has been awarded a grant from the Southwestern Aging and Geriatric Education (SAGE) program.
Researchers at UT Southwestern uncover preliminary new blood test to detect Alzheimer's disease
DALLAS – Feb. 14, 2011 – UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have helped develop a novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from blood samples long before symptoms appear.
Diagnosing non-Alzheimer's dementia with PET scans has high error rate, researchers find
DALLAS – Dec. 8, 2010 – Interpreting a type of brain scan called positron emission tomography (PET) is reliable for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease, but is prone to error when diagnosing another common form of degenerative dementia, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
UT Southwestern researchers create experimental vaccine against Alzheimer's
DALLAS – Oct. 12, 2010 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created an experimental vaccine against beta-amyloid, the small protein that forms plaques in the brain and is believed to contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Roger Rosenberg's work earns two honors
Dr. Rosenberg, director of the National Institutes of Health-funded Alzheimer's Disease Center at UT Southwestern, has received two top awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Neurological Society.