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Gift of Knowledge Ben Batey Appreciation Event on 8/19
University of Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Gift of Knowledge Ben Batey Appreciation Event for research participants and their family members Date and Time: Saturday, August 19, 2017, 9 to 11 am Refreshments, tea and coffee will be served Location: Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC Health Science Campus of […]
USC Researchers discover what may be earliest stage of Alzheimer’s
Clusters of a sticky protein — amyloid plaque — found in the brain signal mental decline years before symptoms appear, a new study finds READ MORE IN AN ARTICLE BY Zen Vuong IN THE usc NEWS, JUNE 13, 2017 USC researchers say toxic, sticky proteins called amyloid plaques are part of Alzheimer’s disease, the earliest precursor […]
Minority communities & Alzheimer’s disease
USC Professor William Vega writes about how minority communities will be hit hardest by soaring rates of Alzheimer’s disease in a recent article in Statnews. Minority communities will be hit hardest by soaring rates of Alzheimer’s disease By DAVID SATCHER and WILLIAM A. VEGA JUNE 14, 2017 It’s time to stop side-stepping the obvious: In […]
Dr. Lon Schneider on ABC7
Dr. Schneider talks about USC researchers developing Alzheimer’s disease vaccine on ABC7 Eyewitness News See the News segment with Dr. Schneider. By ABC7.com staff LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Researchers at the University of Southern California are working on a vaccine to help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Every 66 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s disease […]
Los Angeles Times
There are 4 articles in the paper that were written with help from the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The first one quotes Dr. Chui directly. Check out the LA Times online. “When memory flickers out,” Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2017, U3. (This is the one that quotes Dr. Chui directly) http://www.latimes.com/science/la-he-hl-what-is-dementia-20170518-story.html “Is this […]