Health
Researchers receive $16 million NIH grant to study link between autophagy and Alzheimer’s disease – News-Medical.Net
Age is the most significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. In the United States, approximately 1 in 10 people over the age of 65 have the disease, and the odds increase to nearly 1 in 3 for those over 85. However, the mechanisms by which aging increases…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 9 2020
Age is the most significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. In the United States, approximately 1 in 10 people over the age of 65 have the disease, and the odds increase to nearly 1 in 3 for those over 85. However, the mechanisms by which aging increases risk are unknown.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, led by Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., co-director of the Institute for Aging Research, have received a five-year, $16 milli…
-
Noosa News15 hours agoTully Sugar Mill celebrates 100 years of cane harvesting amid floods and cyclones
-
Noosa News13 hours agoFlatmates of missing teen Pheobe Bishop, 17, identified
-
General18 hours agoOne person dead after house fire in Melbourne’s south-east
-
General15 hours agoEmpire’s end • Inside Story