Alzheimer's Research

The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is delighted to announce the selection of Melinda Parangan-Chu as Manager of Education. She stepped into this new role on...

Fig. 2The elevated cellular level of BACE1 is specific to BACE1 inhibitor treatment. (A) Intracellular BACE1 were measured by ELISA after 24-h treatment of HEK-293-sw cells with pepstatin A (doses from 790 nM to 50 μM). All...

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) awarded three new investments that focus on prevention, including support of the HOPE4MCI Phase 3 trial. "It is exciting to support a novel...

ParticipantsParticipants were recruited from the Banner Sun Health Research Institute (BSHRI) from September 2017 to May 2018. Eligible participants from the BSHRI cohort were vetted by the clinic director (KO) to assure eligibility for...

The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging had a strong presence at the recent Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting held June 22-25,...

Jump to Section1. Background2. Methods  2.1. The DelpHi trial    2.1.1. Design    2.1.2. Sample, participant flow, and drop out  2.2. Community-based, collaborative DCM versus usual care  2.3. Sociodemographic and clinical data  2.4. Health-related quality of life  2.5. Health-care resource uses and costs  2.6....

Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals and the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announce a joint request for proposals for the 2019 ADDF-Harrington Scholar Award. The ADDF-Harrington Scholar...

1.He, X., Huang, Y., Li, B., Gong, C. X. & Schuchman, E. H. Deregulation of sphingolipid metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging 31, 398–408, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.05.010 (2010).2.Couttas, T. A. et al. Loss of the neuroprotective...

Background: Persons with dementia (PWD) reported missing are known to be at high risk for mortality. Analysis of online search engines’ reports of missing PWD may show patterns in the data of this relatively...

It is with a very heavy heart that I write to share the sad news that Rahul Desikan, MD, PhD passed away late yesterday afternoon after a 2 ½ year,...