The world’s first clinical trial for a form of dementia identified in 2019 is officially underway by researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.
UK Women’s Basketball Coach Kyra Elzy is passionate about Alzheimer’s disease research because of her close relationships with her grandmother, Mary Elzy, and her college basketball coach.
A study published out of the lab of Donna Wilcock, Ph.D., shows promising results for a blood test that could be used to identify Alzheimer’s changes in the brain before the onset of any symptoms, which could result in preventative treatments.
A new program funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will provide four years of scholarship support for up to 15 qualifying incoming students per year majoring in biology or neuroscience.
Linda J. Van Eldik, Ph.D., director of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) among many notable leaders from across the country.
The expanded clinic welcomed the first participant into their new home on Dec. 20, 2021. The new facility is a one-stop shop for memory care and support.
Anika Hartz, a researcher for the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, looks at drugs and therapies that might repair damaged blood vessels in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Using new methodology, UK researchers have mapped the variations in sugar chains attached to brain proteins from deceased healthy individuals or individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
Recently published work by a group of researchers at the UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging looked at the use of data mining and machine learning in research.
