Alzheimer's disease

Drug developed by Case Western Reserve University researchers found to protect ‘guardian of the brain’

Joanna He traces her career aspirations in neuroscience back to a single elementary school project. Her class project on Alzheimer’s disease introduced her to the hippocampus—the part of our brains responsible for memories—and sparked her interest in the brain. Her curiosity was furthered by her…

The secret to understanding how to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s might be found in the structural function of the proteins linked to them. Amita Sahoo is among those working to gain new insights. Sahoo, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that, when compared to seven other anti-diabetic drugs, semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder…

Awarded four-year, $3.3M grant from National Institutes of Health With a four-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from Case Western Reserve University will study whether certain brain proteins may play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s…

University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University research team reports a novel treatment after traumatic brain injury that prevents progression to chronic neurodegeneration Violent blows or jolts to the head can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI), and there are about 5 million people in…

Connecting with friends is key to limiting social isolation—something researchers believe could also reduce Alzheimer’s, dementia

Researchers identify new therapeutic approach targeting astrocytes, the brain’s most abundant cells

JungA “Alexa” Woo, an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, won the 2023 Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award for research in understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative…

Findings offer hope for development of new medications A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University revealed that the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be slowed by suppressing a specific protein in the brain that causes corrosion. A main pathogenic initiator of AD and…