Alzheimer¡¯s research earns 2 students international award
Students Christine Lau and Marie Ishida earned an award at an international biomedical meeting in South Korea.
Students Christine Lau and Marie Ishida earned an award at an international biomedical meeting in South Korea.
The team hopes to guide more accurate, personalized interventions that can slow or prevent disease progression.
An animation of UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ children¡¯s book P¨mai and Her Papa was developed to help keiki and caregivers understand Alzheimer¡¯s.
A Hawaiian-language children¡¯s book developed at UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ helps families talk about dementia and support k¨±puna with care and compassion.
The research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of the blood test for a specific biomarker of the disease.
Approximately 23% of Alzheimer¡¯s and related dementia cases in individuals aged 65 and older can be linked to controllable risk factors.
Nearly 100,000 k¨±puna and others in Âé¶¹´«Ã½ are impacted by Alzheimer¡¯s disease or another form of dementia.
Researchers at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work wrote the story to explain the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and available support resources.
Robert Nichols and research collaborators observed that applying a smaller, non-toxic fragment taken from an already microscopic protein fragment called a ¡°beta amyloid¡± peptide can actually protect the nerve cells and restore normal memory processing.
A clinical trial will begin on a drug that researchers hope will reduce inflammation in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer¡¯s Disease.