North Carolina represented at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference

August 4, 2025.Reading time 11 minutes.

Latest research findings continue to offer hope in the understanding, risk, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s and other dementias. New research results reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2025 (AAIC®) in Toronto last week advanced scientific understanding of risk, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. North Carolina was well represented at […]

Duke researcher awarded Alzheimer’s Association grant to explore immune system’s role in brain health

August 1, 2025.Reading time 4 minutes.

The Alzheimer’s Association is the largest funder of dementia research, and we are seeing tremendous progress in better understanding and helping to treat the disease thanks to this research. North Carolina is home to some of this valuable research happening, including one recent research grant awarded to Nicole Scott-Hewitt, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology […]