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Alzheimer's Germ Quest @ALZGerm

A $1 million challenge award for the scientist who provides persuasive evidence that an infectious agent is the root cause of Alzheimer’s disease.

Joined January 2018
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Burnet Institute@BurnetInstitute
11 Dec 2019
Honour everything, accept nothing - a key message in a captivating presentation to Burnet staff and students from Dr Leslie Norins, CEO of Alzheimer's Germ Quest, and one of the last post-docs to be personally supervised by Sir Macfarlane Burnet #AlzheimersDisease #alzgerm
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This is great research!
@UCFAudit@UCFAudit
9 Dec 2019
The UCF researchers are now working to develop immune cells that could deliver matriptase directly to the brain. That treatment could potentially prevent Alzheimer’s and also improve brain function of patients with the disease #Alzheimers #research #UCF spacecoastdaily.com/2019/12/…
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Does a breached blood brain barrier cause seizures in AD? Fascinating article! alzforum.org/news/research-n…
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Will Biogen prevail? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

It’s Make or Break Time for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug

Biogen Inc. stunned Alzheimer’s researchers in March when it said its highly awaited Alzheimer’s treatment aducanumab was unlikely to work. Seven months later, the company reversed course and said...

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You can now purchase shoes with GPS for loved ones with #Alz ft.com/content/a7172548-71ae…
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Neuro Central@Neuro_Central
10 Nov 2019
China's regulatory agency has approved #oligomannate as a new drug for the treatment of mild-to-moderate #Alzheimers disease, marking the world's first new drug approval for the disease since 2003: bit.ly/36AJUEp

Oligomannate approved for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease (China)

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Why Didn’t She Get Alzheimer’s? The Answer Could Hold a Key to Fighting the Disease nyti.ms/2PNrrhV
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Researchers have found a potential link between gut microbiota dysbiosis and neuroinflammation in AD progression. #findthegerm #AlzheimersDisease nature.com/articles/s41422-0…

Sodium oligomannate therapeutically remodels gut microbiota and suppresses gut bacterial amino...

Cell Research - Sodium oligomannate therapeutically remodels gut microbiota and suppresses gut bacterial amino acids-shaped neuroinflammation to inhibit Alzheimer’s disease progression

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Ian Kremer@LEAD_Coalition
11 Oct 2019
Please re-Tweet if you agree #kindness is the language that people with #Alzheimers can feel. #dementia #EndAlz
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Alzheimer's Germ Quest retweeted
Bill Gates
@BillGates
12 Oct 2019
We need more approaches to stopping #Alzheimers disease. I’m excited to see this news out of @DZNE_de and @ISD_Research about a promising starting point for the development of new therapeutic strategies. b-gat.es/2nEp5GA

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Our Founder Dr. Leslie Norins is featured in this article! Find out what he says about the future of Alzheimer's research #findthegerm #Alzheimers #alzheimersdisease
Infectious Disease Special Edition
@IDSE_Online
16 Oct 2019
Need a cool $1 Million? Find and prove a link between infections and Alzheimer's. idse.net/Policy--Public-Heal…
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Ian Kremer@LEAD_Coalition
12 Oct 2019
#Alzheimers disease and other forms of #dementia are estimated to cost $290 billion dollars a year in the US, and more than a trillion dollars worldwide, making it one of the costliest diseases for society. alzinfo.org/articles/caregiv… MT @FisherCenter #publichealth #economics #aging

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Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are estimated to cost $290 billion dollars a year in the United States, and more than a trillion dollars world

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“Interest from infectious disease experts was way up this year,” says Leslie Norins, MD, PhD, CEO of Alzheimer’s Germ Quest, Inc. #findthegerm #alzgerm #IDWeek2019 alzgerm.org/news/alzheimers-…
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases@TheLancetInfDis
3 Oct 2019
This great graphic shows the profound positive impact of vaccines on human health #WhyIVaccinate #IDWeek2019
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IDSA Foundation@IDSAFoundation
10 Jun 2019
Is infection the missing link for #alzheimersdisease? @IDSAFoundation is calling all #IDinvestigators to find out. Access details of $500,000 available in research grants today. #ALZGermQuest #IDresearch idsafoundation.org/alz-resea…
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Alzforum@alzforum
5 Oct 2019
How long you’ve had brain amyloid better predicts cognitive decline and tau pathology than whether you have it. The “chronicity” concept could help scientists better target #Alzheimer’s treatments. alzforum.org/news/research-n…

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I put Superhero music to this video of a young future Super Scientist that flew by our booth in a Super Scientist t-shirt we gave him at the Infectious Diseases Society of America IDWeek19 conference. youtu.be/pp4yh83hfkg

A future super scientist

This young man was overjoyed to have won a Super Scientist t-shirt ...

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Another great reason to exercise. It may help your hippocampus. #findthegerm #alzheimers #exercise upi.com/Health_News/2019/09/…

Exercise may slow Alzheimer's development - UPI.com

For people at risk of Alzheimer's disease, working out a couple of times a week might at least slow the onset of the illness, new research suggests.

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Predicted Economic Damage from a Quick, Simple Alzheimer's Disease Cur... sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #findthegerm
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