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News & Events

January 11, 2022 NIA statement on proposed CMS Medicare coverage decision for aducanumab to treat Alzheimer’s

Read the NIA Director's statement on CMS's coverage decision on monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer's and related dementias.

January 10, 2022 Study maps out genomic regions that may control levels of proteins linked to neurological disorders

A new study maps out genomic regions that may control the levels of proteins linked to neurological disorders.

December 23, 2021 Repurposed cancer treatments could be potential Alzheimer’s drugs

A pair of existing cancer drugs, one FDA-approved and another still experimental, showed promise for being repurposed as therapies in Alzheimer’s disease.

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