A hot flash is not just a bothersome midlife symptom. According to new research from Pitt and the University of Chicago published in the American… Read more
Category: Alzheimer’s disease
New Genetic Traits Influencing Alzheimer’s Risk Uncovered by Pitt Public Health Researchers
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh analyzed thousands of human genomes to find new gene variations responsible for controlling the levels of blood plasma molecules… Read more
Healthy Vascular Fat During Menopause May Stave Off Dementia Later in Life
The quantity and quality of fat surrounding the heart’s largest artery at midlife may predict a woman’s risk of developing dementia in her later years,… Read more
Exploring Molecular Biases to Develop Alzheimer’s Cures
In a study published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Amantha Thathiah, assistant professor of neurobiology at Pitt, applied… Read more
Pitt Researchers Awarded Over $40 Million to Study Alzheimer’s Disease
For decades, the field of Alzheimer’s disease research was plagued by a dilemma: Scientists and clinicians knew that accumulation of tau protein – tangles of jumbled protein fibers… Read more