Alzheimer's
Medical student earns scholarships to study Alzheimer's
Type: Accolade
A Temple medical student has received a scholarship to study stress-related mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease.
June 20, 2013
Type: News Story
A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study led by School of Medicine Professor Domenico Praticò.
June 18, 2013
Type: News Story
Studies led by Domenico Praticò, professor of pharmacology and microbiology and immunology in Temple’s School of Medicine, have found that controlling or inhibiting the brain enzyme 5-lipoxygenase could be a key to controlling the two proteins that are major brain pathological signatures for Alzheimer’s disease.
February 10, 2013
Pharmacology professor selected a senior editor for Alzheimer’s journal
Type: Accolade
January 2, 2013
Type: News Story
Temple researchers have discovered that a protein in the brain could play a key role in regulating the creation of amyloid beta, the major component of plaques implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
January 23, 2012