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Staying informed about dementia research can help individuals, families, caregivers, and professionals better understand the condition and emerging approaches to care and treatment. This page provides links to research studies, scholarly publications, and informative articles covering a wide range of topics, from diagnosis and disease progression to caregiving, quality of life, and new scientific developments. Whether you are seeking the latest findings or looking to deepen your understanding, these resources offer valuable evidence-based information.
The NIA repository of resources to support the recruitment and retention of participants into clinical trials and studies on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
As the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's research, the Association is committed to accelerating the global progress of new treatments, preventions and, ultimately, a cure.
The UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center is part of a nationwide network of Alzheimer’s disease research resource centers funded through the NIH's National Institute on Aging. The UW ADRC has been committed to helping advance Alzheimer’s research for over thirty years. We hope that you, both researchers and research participants, will join with us in answering the questions posed by this disease through innovative and productive research.
The latest research news from the National Institute on Aging at NIH
Since 2013, the NIH NeuroBioBank has catalyzed scientific discovery through the centralization of resources aimed at the collection and distribution of human post-mortem brain tissue.
"A paper, published online, ahead of print in the journal Brain, identifies tau interactions with RNA, the nucleic acid that serves as the blueprint molecule for all our cellular machines, as a key stage in the development of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia disorders. The finding was reported by Kraemer and colleagues with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and UW Medicine in Seattle...."
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