Longevity & Aging
Scientists and clinicians in the Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies and the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegernerative diseases are strengthening team science at UT Health San Antonio.
Barshop Institute has the national distinction of two NIA-funded centers, a testing site of the NIA-sponsored Interventions Testing Program, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center.
Sudha Seshadri, MD, founding director of the Biggs Institute and principal investigator of the National Institute of Aging Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project.
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UT Health San Antonio partners with the San Antonio GRECC at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital to initiate clinical research trials to further advanced knowledge of age-related diseases and provide preventive solutions.
Additional Highlights
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Dr. Puga takes part in NIA scholars program
Dr. Puga investigates physiological and behavioral processes that increase vulnerability to mental health and accelerate age-related cognitive decline. His research has a specific forcus on populations at risk for Alzheimer's Disease, including family caregivers and Latinos.
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Study links inflammatory marker to dementia
An inflammatory marker called sCD14 is related t obrain atrophy, cognitive decline and dementia, according to a study of more than 4,700 participants from two large community-based heart studies.
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Rapamycin prevents age-related brain vascular deterioration, study shows
A study by UT Health San Antonio and collaborating institutions shows age-related decreases in blood flow to the brain and memory loss can be modified with the drug rapamycin.
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We must end the Alzheimer's tsunami
Today, 5.7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, which costs the nation $277 billion a year. Nearly one-third of our seniors die with a form of dementia, and every 65 seconds, someone in our great nation develops Alzheimer’s.
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