Alzheimer’s research earns 2 students international award
Students Christine Lau and Marie Ishida earned an award at an international biomedical meeting in South Korea.
AI-driven research aims to slow and reverse Alzheimer’s in Hawaiʻi
The team hopes to guide more accurate, personalized interventions that can slow or prevent disease progression.
Helping kids understand Alzheimer’s through animation
An animation of UH Mānoa children’s book Pōmai and Her Papa was developed to help keiki and caregivers understand Alzheimer’s.
Helping keiki understand kupuna: dementia support book now in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
A Hawaiian-language children’s book developed at UH Mānoa helps families talk about dementia and support kūpuna with care and compassion.
$140K to advance Alzheimer’s detection in diverse populations
The research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of the blood test for a specific biomarker of the disease.
Dementia risk factors differ among ethnicities
Approximately 23% of Alzheimer’s and related dementia cases in individuals aged 65 and older can be linked to controllable risk factors.
Dementia storybook distributed to public schools, libraries statewide
Nearly 100,000 kūpuna and others in Hawaiʻi are impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.
Booklet helps keiki understand dementia and memory loss
Researchers at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work wrote the story to explain the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and available support resources.
New approach to potentially stop Alzheimer’s disease discovered by UH scientists
Robert Nichols and research collaborators observed that applying a smaller, non-toxic fragment taken from an already microscopic protein fragment called a “beta amyloid” peptide can actually protect the nerve cells and restore normal memory processing.
Alzheimer’s Disease clinical trial begins at UH medical school
A clinical trial will begin on a drug that researchers hope will reduce inflammation in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s Disease.
