McCance Center Launches New Efforts to Prevent AD
The McCance Center has launched an ambitious program to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – “The Pre-AD Initiative” (Prediction and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease).
NewsletterJan | 21 | 2025
The journal Nature recently published The History of Alzheimer’s Disease, with a timeline from 1906 – 2024. This chart maps major developments that have helped shape current research on Alzheimer's disease. Three key discoveries from McCance Center Director Dr. Rudy Tanzi’s lab are featured in the chronology in 1987,1995 and 2008.
1987: The discovery of mutations in the gene encoding APP (Amyloid precursor protein) that are linked to some cases of familial Alzheimer's disease.
1995: Highlights the identification of the presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 genes as the most common cause of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
2008: Researchers find evidence that inflammation and the immune system play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
The McCance Center has launched an ambitious program to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – “The Pre-AD Initiative” (Prediction and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease).
Protect your brain and lower your risk for dementia, stroke, and depression. Find out where you stand by taking the Brain Care Score quiz.
A Mass General Brigham study reveals how exercise rewires the brain at the cellular level, offering fresh insights into potential treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s disease.
View the latest research breakthroughs from the McCance Center, featured in our Spring 2025 newsletter.
The McCance Center recently welcomed Yan Gao, PhD, as a Senior Biostatistician to the McCance Center team.
A randomized three-year clinical trial recently released shows fish oil high in omega-3 fatty acids provides statistically significant benefit for those genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s. McCance Center’s Dr. Gene Bowman is senior corresponding author.
The McCance Center has launched an ambitious program to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – “The Pre-AD Initiative” (Prediction and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease).
Protect your brain and lower your risk for dementia, stroke, and depression. Find out where you stand by taking the Brain Care Score quiz.
A Mass General Brigham study reveals how exercise rewires the brain at the cellular level, offering fresh insights into potential treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s disease.
View the latest research breakthroughs from the McCance Center, featured in our Spring 2025 newsletter.
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