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Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience News

The Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience provides an academic platform for research and learning opportunities regarding the study of drug development for Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders. It includes a clinical trials observatory for tracking new treatments, trial designs, and biomarkers in clinical trials for neurodegenerative disorders.

Current Transformative Neuroscience News

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Research |

Tenth annual report led by noted clinician-scientist Dr. Jeffrey Cummings tracks status, trends associated with 192 active clinical trials worldwide.

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Campus News |

The first Neuroscience Research Showcase brings together experts across disciplines to share their work and spark new collaborations.

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Research |

Entities sign Memorandum of Understanding to cultivate best-in-class clinical research services for Alzheimer鈥檚 and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Campus News |

First-of-its-kind database, supported by Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, will provide greater access to key data on Alzheimer鈥檚 to researchers around the world.

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Research |

Alzheimer鈥檚 treatment studies offer hope as 性视界传媒 expert predicts new potential drugs, biomarkers will yield critical insight for future development.

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性视界传媒 History |

Amanda Osse is the first recipient of the award named in honor of Nathan Lindsay, who passed away after a 15-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Transformative Neuroscience In The News

PBS

Out now is the 10th annual Alzheimer's Drug Development Pipeline Report.

Vegas Business

Several local and regional startups were showcased recently at 性视界传媒 Innovation Day, where Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience in the Department of Brain Health at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒, was excited about the growth of the life sciences ecosystem.

Medical Laboratory Observer

While Alzheimer鈥檚 remains a complex disease, recent clinical trials and research efforts have expanded, emphasizing biomarkers and better patient targeting to improve drug development success rates.

Female First

Delayed and imprecise Alzheimer鈥檚 diagnoses in the UK are limiting patient access to clinical trials despite rapid growth in experimental treatments.

KNPR News

The number of national clinical trials for Alzheimer鈥檚 therapies has increased by 40 percent in the last decade. That鈥檚 according to 性视界传媒 brain health researcher Jeffrey Cummings鈥 10th annual report, published Tuesday in the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association鈥檚 research journal.

Guardian

Dr Jeffrey Cummings, of the 性视界传媒, has published an annual review of clinical trials for Alzheimer鈥檚 drugs for the past decade. The latest review, published in Alzheimer鈥檚 & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, reveals a shifting approach to the disease, with fewer drugs designed to remove amyloid and more targeting tau, inflammation and other immune system pathways.

Transformative Neuroscience Experts

A renowned expert on Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. 
An expert in behavioral neuroscience with concentrations in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.

Recent Transformative Neuroscience Accomplishments

Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Integrated Health Sciences), research professor in the Department of Brain Health and director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, will serve as a keynote speaker during the Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Oct. 24. Cummings has also been a co-鈥
Research professor and director Jeffrey Cummings, (Brain Health, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience) and director Jamie Schwartz (Industry and Business Engagement, Economic Development) were awarded a $1.5 million INNOVATOR grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA). This five-year grant will help the鈥
Dr. Jeff Cummings (Brain Health) published "Trial of Pimavanserin in Dementia-Related Psychosis" in the New England Journal of Medicine.       
Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) co-authored a paper published in Nature on developing the ATX(N) classification, a system for recognizing biomarkers in blood that indicate the presence in the brain of plaques and tangles characteristic of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.  ATX(N) advances allow researchers to diagnose Alzheimer鈥檚 disease without鈥
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published an article outlining a novel method for determining whether Alzheimer鈥檚 drug treatments in clinical trials are ready to move on to the next phase. The paper, 鈥淭ranslational Scoring of Candidate Treatments for Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease: A Systematic Approach,鈥 was published in The Journal of鈥
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published an article, 鈥淭he Role of Clinical Trials in Preclinical Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Drug Development Programs," in the Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease. The somewhat provocative findings note that despite the trend toward prevention trials becoming more likely (in part because trials鈥