Alzheimer’s Vaccine One Step Closer: Human Trials on the Horizon

Alzheimer’s Vaccine One Step Closer: Human Trials on the Horizon

UNM scientists have developed a promising tau-targeting vaccine for Alzheimer’s, showing strong immune responses in animals and moving closer to human trials. Researchers at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences are preparing to initiate human clinical trials for a promising new vaccine aimed at preventing the accumulation of pathological tau, a brain protein strongly [...]

ApoE4 Alzheimer's Alliance launched as US advocacy group

A new patient advocacy organization, the ApoE4 Alzheimer’s Alliance, has launched in the U.S., with a goal of helping advance both supportive policies and the development of treatments for people with Alzheimer’s disease associated with the ApoE4 gene variant. According to the National Institutes of Health, this variant of the Apoe gene is one of the strongest genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s among individuals of European descent. As one of …

A Vaccine Against Dementia

by Gertrud U. Rey The shingles vaccine is highly effective at preventing shingles, a painful rash caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) – the herpes virus that also causes chickenpox. But what if this vaccine also prevented dementia? New data suggest that it just might. The authors of a recent multinational collaborative research study … A Vaccine Against Dementia Read More »