Tag Archive for 'Alzheimer’s disease'

Alzheimer’s Awareness

The annual ‘Forget Me Not‘ appeal by Alzheimer’s New Zealand ran from 26 July to 1 Aug, 2009. To coincide with this, the Institute highlighted its current research into functional, structural, and cerebral bloodflow MR imaging in Alzheimer’s.
Sarah Wright’s PhD project was covered in local station CTV’s ‘Today in Canterbury’ News on 30th July:

The project [...]

The coming epidemic of Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s

In the brief (4 minute) movie below, biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a compelling case to show that neurological diseases of ageing, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, will be a major global challenge in the 21st century:

This was originally posted here as one of a series of many TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) talks. They cover a [...]