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 BBC: Alzheimer's vaccine 'in a patch' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6286689.stm A patch to deliver a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease has been shown to be safe. |
 BBC: Loneliness link with Alzheimer's - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6332883.stm People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a large US study has suggested. |
 BBC: Scan could spot early Alzheimer's - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6197177.stm Researchers developed a test which could lead to better treatments and faster diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. |
 BBC: Gene 'increases Alzheimer's risk' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6255731.stm People born with a certain gene may have a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's, scientists say. |
 BBC: Alzheimer's risk 'is 80% genetic' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4686806.stm Genetic factors could determine up to 80% of a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests. |
 National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center - http://www.alz.washington.edu Facilitates collaborative research among the approxiamately 30 Alzheimer's Disease Centers funded by the National Institute of Aging. |
 University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - http://depts.washington.edu/adrcweb/ Information for researchers, health care providers and families. |
 Stanford / VA Palo Alto Alzheimer's Research Center of California - http://arcc.stanford.edu Offers support groups, clinical trials, sleep studies, dementia clinic FAQs, publications from staff members and contact information. |
 The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Research - http://www.alzheimers.com.au To develop early diagnostic tests for Alzheimer's accelerate discovery of effective treatment - Univ. of Western Australia. |
 Alzheimer's Research: National Institute on Aging - http://www.alzheimers.org/nianews/nianews.html Research news and press releases on AD research from the NIA. |
 Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center - http://www.brainbank.mclean.org/ resource for the collection and distribution of human brain specimens for brain research into neurological disorders and psychiatric illnesses. |
 Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia - http://www.alz.uci.edu/ Includes information about the clinic, research and caregiver support. |
 Imaging Research Seeks Early Detection of Alzheimer's Risk - http://www.healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002341.html Using functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin are looking for a way to spot patients at high risk for AD even before they develop symptoms. From Health Link MCW. |
 Current Research on Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, and Aging - http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/980547889.html An article from the Medical College of Wisconsin. |
 Geriatric Studies Center - Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/departments/psychiatry_behavioralsciences/research/gsc AD, mild cognitive impairment, clinical trials, geriatric studies, and information on resources available to patients. |
 Expert BioMed Inc Biotechnology Alzheimer - http://www.expertbiomed.com Private company for anti-Alzheimer's disease therapeutics. |
 Alzheimer's Research Center - http://www.alzheimersinfo.org Information about treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses. |
 Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain - http://www.alzheimercenter.org Sponsored by the U.S. National Institute on Aging, facilitating research and educational programs relating to Alzheimer's Disease and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases. |
 Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) - http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/cndr/ Information about Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases for researchers, physicians, patients and families. |
 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Search and Rescue Research - http://www.dbs-sar.com/SAR_Research/wandering.htm Wandering is an important behavior common in Alzheimer's disease that make the disease so critical to the field of search and rescue. Excerpts from a book not yet completely written. |
 The Lost Alzheimer's and Related Disorders Search Subject: New Research & Perspectives - http://www.dbs-sar.com/SAR_Research/lost_alzheimer.htm Long article based on a search and rescue conference talk discusses the issue of people with dementia wandering away from their caregivers. |
 Alzheimer Research Forum - http://www.alzforum.org/ Has plenty of research information for both the professional and the patient. |
 MRI of Hippocampus In Incipient Alzheimer's Disease - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/37the.htm Doctoral thesis by Mikko Laakso. |
 Molecular Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/44the.htm Review of genteics. |
 Biological Markers for Alzheimer's Disease - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/57the.htm A doctoral thesis by Tero Tapiola. |
 A Molecular Genetic Study of Factors Involved in Alzheimer's Disease - http://www.uku.fi/neuro/53the.htm Doctoral thesis by Mikko Hiltunen, University of Kuopio. |