Alzheimer’s research awarded $30 million
Two major Alzheimer’s disease studies at Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received federal funding
totaling $30 million over the next five years.
Sleep loss precedes Alzheimer’s symptoms
Sleep is disrupted in people who likely have early
Alzheimer’s disease but do not yet have the memory loss or other
cognitive problems characteristic of full-blown disease, researchers at
the School of Medicine report. Shown is first author of the study, Yo-El Ju, MD, an assistant professor of neurology.