Alzheimer's Facts
1 in 9 people age 65+ has Alzheimer's disease.
About 490,000 Texans are projected to have Alzheimer's by 2025.
1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia. Every 66 seconds, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s.
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TARCC 2022 Scientific Symposium
Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease Science, Research, and Care
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January 26-27, 2022
TARCC Research Updates
TARCC investigators have been involved in a number of new, important research studies. Recently published research is wide ranging, spanning the gamut from clinical trials to new cognitive diagnostics; blood-based biomarkers in Mexican-Americans; identification of additional risk genes; and validation of biomarker algorithms in AD patients and AD animal models.
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Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium
TARCC investigator, Bharti Manwani at UT Health Houston, examines the influence of gender on build-up of proteins in brain blood vessels, a major contributor to impaired cognition and stroke. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666354621000636
Sex differences in a murine model of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is one of the common causes of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) in the aging p…
Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium
Contributing to an important national genetics consortium study, TARCC samples were used to examine the involvement of mitochondrial dysfunction in AD-related brain pathology.alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.12396
Texas Alzheimer's Research and Care Consortium
TARCC investigator Dr. Gladys Maestre will testify in an open hearing for the U.S. House of Representatives addressing the global health care gaps in terms of Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and treatment. Livestream the hearing at 9am CST on Friday June 25th. Click link here: foreignaffairs.house.gov/2021/6/brain-health-a-global-perspective