Washington University Researchers to Use $2.9M Grant for Dementia Vaccine Development

The National Institute on Aging has awarded Washington University researchers a $2.9 million grant to help develop vaccines that could eventually help ward against dementia. The Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, are set to use the funding from the National Institute on Aging to design vaccines that will “train a person’s own immune […]

New Study Shows Blood Tests Can Accurately Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease

Questions have swirled around the effectiveness of new blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease. According to a new study, such tests are usually sufficiently accurate to diagnose the disease.  A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis analyzed and compared the accuracy of six blood tests, four of which are currently […]