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Mar 18, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers found links that may provide therapeutic targets for neurological diseases
Wei Li, PhD, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Mar 07, 2025 | People
Doctors Shocked After Woman with Alzheimer’s Disease Stays Cognitively 'Intact’: ‘Remarkable'
Elizabeth Head, PhD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, shares about a study that involved a patient with Down syndrome who had all the “brain changes” of Alzheimer’s disease but didn’t exhibit any of the cognitive symptoms that are characteristic of the progressive dementia.
Mar 04, 2025 | Newsweek
Woman Donated Her Brain to Science — Alzheimer's Experts Shocked by Discovery
Elizabeth Head, PhD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, talks to Newsweek about the findings from a woman who participated in the Alzheimer Biomarker Consortium—Down Syndrome Research Study.
Sep 30, 2024 | Graduate Studies
Meet the Incoming School of Medicine PhD Students
Introducing the newest cohort of 36 PhD students in Biomedical Sciences for this fall. These students will conduct research under the guidance of their advisors in one of our five PhD degree-granting departments: Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biological Chemistry, Experimental Pathology, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, and Physiology & Biophysics.
Aug 19, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Research study examines Alzheimer's disease drug on tissue samples from people with Down syndrome
People with Down syndrome are likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease at a young age, with autopsy studies showing that by age 40 years, the brains of individuals with Down syndrome have amyloid plaques.
May 08, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
RFK Jr. says he had a dead worm in his brain. What are these parasites and how common are they?
William H. Yong, MD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and chief of neuropathology, explains how larvae form cysts in the brain.
Apr 29, 2024 | Medical News Today
Misplaced your keys? How to distinguish dementia from normal age-related memory loss
S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, talks to Medical News Today about why we can't remember everything.
Mar 07, 2024 | Spectrum News 1
Blood supplies hit record low with donations
Minh-Ha Tran, DO, professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, talks about how hospitals are impacted when blood supplies are low.
Mar 05, 2024 | U.S. News & World Report
Preventing Dementia and Alzheimer’s: 8 Habits to Reduce Your Risk
S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, talks about how to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Feb 07, 2024 | U.S. News & World Report
What Are the Stages of Dementia?
S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, offers knowledge and expertise in this article about the seven stages of dementia.