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February 18, 2020
Health care professionals, scientists and students interested in collaboration and discussion on transformational care, research and therapeutics in Alzheimer’s disease are invited to the Second Annual South Texas Alzheimer’s Conference Feb. 23-25 in San Antonio. To register and for a complete agenda, visit BiggsInstitute.org. The conference is presented by the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s […]
February 18, 2020
Faculty from the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio were guests on “The Source” to talk about how Alzheimer’s impacts the Latino community.
February 5, 2020
The Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, presents the South Texas Alzheimer’s Conference Public Event.
February 4, 2020
Developing novel and effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias requires information on the genetics and biology of all ethnic groups. “One of the themes we are trying to build on is understanding the disease in Hispanics,” said Sudha Seshadri, M.D., professor of neurology at UT Health San Antonio and founding director of the […]
December 12, 2019
The marker called sCD14 is related to brain atrophy, cognitive decline and dementia.
December 4, 2019
Instead of focusing on how to cure the disease, Dr. Frost’s team looked at what causes the disease—a buildup of tau proteins inside of cells and amyloid plaques outside of it, which disrupts and eventually kills brain cell function.