Future Alzheimer’s Treatments Aim To Do More Than Clear Plaques From the Brain
Many researchers believe amyloid drugs alone can't stop Alzheimer's. "The field has been moving beyond amyloid for many years now," says Malú Gámez Tansey, co-director of the Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease at the University of Florida.
UF Neuroscientists Discover Biomarker With Potential To Aid Parkinson’s Diagnosis
University of Florida neuroscientists have developed a new assay, or test, to detect minute amounts of a protein called tyrosine hydroxylase in blood immune cells of Parkinson’s disease patients, a key finding to aid in the development of a blood test to help diagnose and guide treatment for the neurodegenerative disorder.
MJFF Confers Annual J. William Langston Award to Scientific Advisor Malú Gámez Tansey, Ph.D.
This year's recipient of the annual J. William Langston Award from The Michael J Fox Foundation is UF's Malú Gámez Tansey, Ph.D. MJFF CEO Todd Sherer, Ph.D., and chief science officer Brian Fiske, Ph.D., presented Tansey with the award.
