15 January 2016: EPAD turns one today!
January 15th marked the first anniversary of the official launch of the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) Initiative in Paris. To celebrate turning one, we look back at some…
DetailsJanuary 15th marked the first anniversary of the official launch of the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) Initiative in Paris. To celebrate turning one, we look back at some…
DetailsAbstracts for the 25th Alzheimer Europe Annual Conference taking place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 2 to 4 September – have been reviewed during the month of April. Evaluations will be…
DetailsParis, January 15, 2015 The members of the EPAD initiative today announced the start of a novel collaboration between academic and private sectors to test innovative treatments for the prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia.
Previous attempts to bring new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease to the market have been disappointing despite a high level of investment. However, the realisation that Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder and that early intervention may be more effective has led to research efforts being focused on prevention. The goal of the initiative is the prevention of dementia in people with evidence of the disease (such as biomarker abnormalities as identified by specific tests), who still may have little or no complaints or clinical symptoms.
DetailsOn 17 November 2020, a coalition of partners including the US Alzheimer’s Association, Gates Ventures and the Wellcome Trust launched the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) and its Alzheimer’s Disease…
DetailsThe Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) has launched its Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Workbench, a cloud-based platform for scientists to accelerate discoveries and innovations for AD and related dementias. ADDI is a…
DetailsThe Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) is calling on experts from around the world to join them in a two-week virtual Data Hackathon. In self-selected teams of two to four…
DetailsA conference blog about the 13th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference which took online, from 4-7 November 2020, has been published on the AlzForum website. The article mentions…
DetailsAt an online European Parliament workshop hosted by Deirdre Clune MEP (Ireland), Alzheimer Europe launched a new report “Data Sharing in Dementia Research”, which reviews recent changes in EU research…
DetailsAlzheimer Portugal’s project, Memo e Kelembra nas Escolas (Memo and Kelembra in schools) arose from a need to sensitise and raise awareness among the population – particularly children, teachers and assistants – about Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias, as well as their implications for our society, in particular families.
DetailsA new paper entitled “Using LC-MS/MS to Determine Salivary Steroid Reference Intervals in a European Older Adult Population” has been published in the journal Metabolites. In this paper, authors describe…
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