We invite you to participate in this “offline” Forum discussion with past ARF advisors Peter Davies of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, and Bart De Strooper at K.U. Leuven, Belgium. The goal of this discussion is to explore the
These are comfortable times for the amyloid hypothesis, it would seem. Every week brings more good news about some anti-amyloid intervention having “cured” mice from their “Alzheimer’s.” On the human front, we are eagerly awaiting such therapeutics to sho
We invite you to participate in this "offline" Forum discussion led by Vincent Marchesi of Yale University. Coming from a different research field, Marchesi has in recent years followed the AD literature as closely as have few other outside obse
On 15 June 2009, we hosted a Webinar discussion with slide presentations by Ian McKeith at Newcastle University, UK, James Leverenz at University of Washington, Seattle, James Galvin, Washington University, St. Louis, Brit Mollenhauer of Paracelsus-Elena
On Thursday, 24 February 2011, Ruth Itzhaki, University of Manchester, U.K.; Elisa Porcellini, University of Bologna, Italy; Luc Letenneur, INSERM, Bordeaux, France, and Richard Smeyne, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, shared som
Alois Alzheimer made a major breakthrough when he discovered senile plaques in the brains of dementia patients, and his work ultimately led to the discovery of amyloid-β and to the amyloid cascade hypothesis. But that cascade is only part of a much bigger
Live discussion and panel of participants scheduled for 7 September 2001. Summary: "Ca2+ deficit" hypothesis Summary: "Natural origin" hypothesis for plaques and tangles The live chat and panel of participants scheduled for 7 Septe
A Live Webinar Discussion was held on 29 October 2008, with presentations from Ilya Bezprozvanny, Beth Stutzmann, Kevin Foskett, Kim Green, and Brian Bacskai and Kishore Kuchibhotla. This live discussion began with a Webinar featuring a slide talk with au
Peter Nelson, with Dennis Selkoe, John Hardy, and Alain Israel, led this live discussion on 5 May 1999. Readers are invited to submit additional comments by using our Comments form at the bottom of the page. Transcript: Live discussion with Dennis Selkoe,
We invite you to participate in this "offline" Forum Discussion led by Brian Balin (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine). This discussion will extend our previously held live discussion on the Pathogen Hypothesis of Alzheimer Disease. T
Vikram Khurana, Karl Herrup, Bruce Lamb, Inez Vincent, Rachael Neve, Donna McPhie, Dan Geschwind, Cathy Andorfer, and Xiongwei Zhu participated in a discussion of how far the cell cycle hypothesis has come in the past few years, and where to go next. Vik
Giulio Maria Pasinetti led this live discussion on 20 February 2002. Readers are invited to submit additional comments by using our Comments form at the bottom of the page. See Related News Story: NO-Releasing NSAID Reduces β-Amyloid, Activates Microgli
This Webinar recapped the latest research in this area. Michael Heneka of the University of Bonn, Germany, and Doug Feinstein of the University of Illinois, Chicago, gave presentations, and were joined in a panel discussion by Virgil Muresan, New Jersey M
Have a topic idea for a webinar? We would love to hear it. Send an email to webinars [at] alzforum [dot] org.