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FDA budget battles, prisons’ sobering Covid response & BIO’s CEO search is on

23.05.2023

You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis. Sign up here to receive this newsletter in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. House committee sets up for budget fight UPDATE: …

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In the Lab

Study: Rare genetic mutation appears to have protected second person from early Alzheimer’s

15.05.2023

For the second time in one extended family, researchers have identified a person who seemed genetically destined to develop early Alzheimer’s, but remained cognitively sound for several more decades. Like …

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In the Lab

Don’t ignore potential microbial causes of Alzheimer’s and other chronic diseases, researchers say

04.05.2023

SAN FRANCISCO — On a day when pharma giant Eli Lilly announced positive results from a clinical trial of an Alzheimer’s drug that clears knotty clumps of protein from the …

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Biotech

For Eli Lilly’s head scientist, Alzheimer’s results cap a 25-year scientific quest

03.05.2023

If you flip to the 1,031st page of the May 1998 edition of the Journal of Cell Biology, you’ll find the first scientific byline for Daniel Skovronsky, then a young …

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In the Lab

In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer’s research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains

30.03.2023

CHICAGO — When she entered the field of Alzheimer’s research a quarter century ago, Lisa Barnes was deeply disappointed to find few Black people like her family members with dementia …

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Health

Stanford scientist who broke genome sequencing record on what faster diagnoses mean for patients

22.03.2023

Stanford cardiologist Euan Ashley and his research team received a Guinness World Record last year for sequencing a full human genome in just over five hours. He says that’s just …

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First Opinion

Opinion: An intimate look at dementia — and the emotional toll it takes on family and caregivers

28.02.2023

Dementia thoroughly altered my dad — and our family — and taught me just how hard it can be to care for someone with dementia. When I don’t understand something, …

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Coronavirus

Listen: George Scangos’ retirement, annual Covid vaccines, an Alzheimer’s drug rejection

26.01.2023

Who needs an annual Covid jab? Why did the FDA reject an Alzheimer’s treatment? And what’s in store for one of biotech’s most highly respected executives now that he’s stepping …

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Health

Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

11.01.2023

The air in Mexico City was once so toxic that people watched as dead birds fell out of the sky. In 1992, the United Nations declared the city the most …

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