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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.

Faculty

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.

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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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  As we finish our celebration of Healthy Aging Month, it's important to remember that advancements are being made every day to prolong healthy and happy lives.On Tuesday, Biogen and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that a global, Phase 3 confirmatory trial of the drug lecanemab reduced clinical decline in early Alzheimer’s patients by 27 percent at 18 months.Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center are among several research sites that conducted the study and are now enrolling participants for another study of of the innovative drug.Read what Professors Stephen Salloway and Martin M. Zucker are saying about the trials here: ... See MoreSee Less
  
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