Among those fired in the recent spate of Trump administration cuts are staff members at the NIH’s Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias, including incoming chief and lead researcher Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, PhD. (ABC News)
The head of an NIH program who advised researchers about autism interventions in rural settings and other hard-to-reach places also lost her job as part of the recent agency staff cuts. (The Transmitter)
Researchers outlined a pathway that human herpesvirus could use to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease in aging brains. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia)
A deep learning model identified a new way to quantify the relationship between anatomic and cognitive brain aging. (PNAS)
The PrecivityAD2 blood test for brain amyloid received medical device certification in the U.K., marking its first global regulatory approval as an in-vitro diagnostic, C2N Diagnostics said.
A randomized clinical trial in India showed that Parkinson’s disease neurorehabilitation was just as effective by telehealth as it was in person. (JAMA Neurology)
About 170 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients at Charing Cross Hospital in London reported side effects, including relapses, after being switched from Tysabri brand of natalizumab to its biosimilar Tyruko to save money. (The Guardian)
The MELD Graph artificial intelligence tool detected 64% of lesions previously missed by radiologists in patients with epilepsy caused by focal cortical dysplasia. (JAMA Neurology)
Smoking was tied to cryptogenic ischemic stroke in young men, especially those 45 to 49 years old. (Neurology Open Access)
Higher socioeconomic status was associated with less cognitive decline and better brain characteristics, a study on the south side of Chicago showed. (JAMA Network Open)
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