The Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC) is a collaboration between ten of the state’s leading medical research institutions, working to improve early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.
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.
View all TARCC researcher publications here.
View all TARCC Investigator Grant Awards here.
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TARCC is looking for informal caregivers of adults with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias to take part in a study that teaches care partners techniques to cope with difficult situations.
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Examining neuronal loss and degeneration, TARCC-funded Junior Investigator Hua Liu at UTMB contributed to a study of the Zika virus and how it induces progressive neuronal and vascular damage, and retinal inflammation. actaneurocomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40478-021-01195-6
Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, can cause severe eye disease and even blindness in newborns. However, ZIKV-induced retinal lesions have not been studied in a comprehensive way, mechanisms of ZIKV-induced retinal abnormalities are unknown, and no therapeutic intervention is available....
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The Texas Health and Human Services is proud to announce the launch of the Texercise Prevents: Malnutrition in Older Texans awareness campaign. Go to their website to learn about the role of good nutrition in healthy aging. www.hhs.texas.gov/services/health/wellness/texercise/healthy-eating
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