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This Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, we invite you to share how Alzheimer's has touched your life. Your experiences help raise awareness, reduce stigma, and strengthen our commitment to advancing research and care. Send us your stories via DM or email atrifrds@usc.edu
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The Alzheimer’s Prevention Trials (APT) Webstudy is a no-cost, online platform enabling participants to regularly track their brain health by completing brief cognitive assessments every three to six months. For more information on the APT Webstudy, visit: na2.hubs.ly/H05FwKD0
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In the News: Biogen to advance experimental Alzheimer's drug despite mid-stage trial miss
Biogen will proceed with clinical testing of an investigational therapy designed to inhibit tau production in the brain. Read Dr. Mindy Aisen's commentary: na2.hubs.ly/H05DckR0
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In the News: Why boosting dopamine backfires in the Alzheimer's brain
Part 2 on the link between dopamine and Alzheimer's Disease explores why dopamine may not benefit the Alzheimer's brain.
Read part 1: na2.hubs.ly/H05rvQq0
Read part 2: na2.hubs.ly/H05rt490
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Be the Brain Behind the Change
The gift of brain donation is vital to improving Alzheimer's Disease treatment and prevention.
Read more about brain donation here: na2.hubs.ly/H05kF7y0
Read more about other studies at ATRI: na2.hubs.ly/H05kDgF0
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USC will Infuse A.I. Across University with $200 Million Donation
Read comments from Dr. Gustavo Jimenez-Maggiora, ATRI's Head of Biomedical Informatics, AI, and Natural Language Processing.
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In the News: The Link Between Dopamine and Alzheimer's Disease
Join us for a 2-parter look into the link between Dopamine and Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Mindy Aisen explores whether dopamine depletion is a hidden driver of Alzheimer's Disease. Read Part 1: na2.hubs.ly/H05h-Dg0
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ATRI is Studying Your Immune Health and its Link to Alzheimer's Disease
New to ATRI, Dr. Oliver Bracko recently attended and presented his lab's work on complicated interactions between the immune system and neurodegenerative disease at USC's CPBH Annual Symposium.
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Did You Know - Virtually all people with Down syndrome develop brain changes associated with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) by age 40? Approximately 95% will go on to develop dementia due to AD - now the leading cause of death among adults with Down syndrome.
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The Alzheimer's Association reports that 1 in 3 older adults dies with Alzheimer's or another dementia, killing more adults than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. For more information on our ongoing trials, visit our website: na2.hubs.ly/H05339s0
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ATRI's Gabriela R. Moore recently won the academic poster competition at the USC Center for Personalized Brain Health Annual Research Symposium.
Go Gaby!
Gabriela is a second-year Ph.D. student and a member of Dr. Oliver Bracko's Blood Flow Lab at ATRI.
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In the News: Analysis of Alzheimer's Drugs Stirs Debate About Their Effectiveness
A recent review of 17 anti-amyloid drug trials claims they are ineffective in treating Alzheimer's disease. However, the results of different drug trials cannot be conflated na2.hubs.ly/H050CWB0
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In the News: 'No Doubt' guitarist reveals Parkinson's diagnosis ahead of sphere residency
Read about how Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease research intertwine and how ATRI is committed to advancing treatments and prevention: na2.hubs.ly/H04TK6r0
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ATRI's Dr. Robert Rissman just hosted the first-ever US-based Synuclein Medical Research Summit: Linking Neurologists, Clinical Trial Researchers, the Pharmaceutical Industry and Bench Scientists. See more on our LinkedIn:
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Over the last 120 years, Alzheimer's research has drastically changed with the FDA's approval of certain treatments, improvements in biomarker testing, and innovative trials. It is important to recognize the work of those who came before us and began the roadmap to prevention.
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What is brain donation?
Many Americans plan to donate their organs for transplants or their bodies for science. Few realize there's a growing need for their brains, too.
For more information consider joining one of our ACTC studies or visit na2.hubs.ly/H04MJhS0
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In the News: High Meat Consumption Linked to Lower Dementia Risk
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute observed an association between high meat diets and a lower risk of dementia in those with the APOE 4 gene.
Read ATRI's full commentary here: na2.hubs.ly/H04MdQy0
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📣 Call for Abstracts: 2nd Annual Alzheimer’s Research Day in San Diego
đź”— Submit here: na2.hubs.ly/H04JXZf0
#EarlyCareerResearchers #ADRD #ClinicalTrials #SanDiegoScience #STEM #TranslationalNeuroscience
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USC Epstein Family ATRI would like to thank the Linda and Mike Mussallem Foundation for their generous gift to expand Alzheimer's clinical trials for people with Down syndrome, a community that has historically been excluded from this research.
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Dr. Paul Aisen has spent nearly 40 years studying Alzheimer's. Now, backed by a network of USC institutions spanning across neuroscience, genetics, imaging, and beyond, he believes primary prevention is achievable within a decade. Read the full story: na2.hubs.ly/H04CCc70
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