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May 2023 0

Spitting Distance

A new test could detect early signs of Alzheimer’s in saliva.

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July 2022 0

Hypothyroidism May Boost Dementia Risk

Study suggests the condition may be more likely to develop in older people with underactive thyroid.

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Schwann Song

April 2021 0

Brown Launches Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research

With $30 million in support, the center aims to accelerate the pace of development for novel treatments and cures.

Alumni

January 2020 0

Memory Protection

A researcher wants to make surgery safer for aging patients’ brains.

Faculty

The hnRNPA2 protein forms liquid droplets in a test tube as seen by light microscopy. Image courtesy Veronica Ryan

January 2018 0

Studying ALS, Atom by Atom

Research reveals atomic-level changes in a protein associated with brain disorders.

News

Tight clumps of green fluorescing FUS form in the untreated yeast cell on the left, but the protein remains diffuse and unclumped in the phosphorylated cell on the right. Courtesy Monahan et al.

August 2017 0

Could Electric Charges Stop ALS Protein Clumping?

Lab findings may point to potential therapies for Lou Gehrig’s disease, dementia.

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  Dr. Stephanie Krusz, MD'94 went above and beyond her calling to heal the sick and injured when she donated her kidney to a friend last year. "I just felt like this was what I was meant to do," she said. Read more about this incredible story: ow.ly/nya350OC3Gb
  
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