University of Kentucky scientists have discovered the cause of sleep loss in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and how to help restore hours of rest. They originally set out to see how sleep loss worsened over the course of the disease, believing Alzheimer’s patients lost sleep because their neurons were dying or because of amyloid plaques, […]
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Kentucky gene editing study offers hope for novel treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Kentucky scientists have successfully edited genes in living mice, switching a gene associated with high risk of Alzheimer’s disease to its counterpart, a protective gene. This new research, which came out of a 22-person team from the University of Kentucky and beyond, has the potential to someday prevent millions of cases of Alzheimer’s in humans, […]
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Sixth Annual Putting for Parkinson’s Golf Outing
Fort Thomas resident Scott Layman runs his own business, is a husband and father, gives back to the community and lives everyday with Parkinson’s disease. Layman and his wife Joy, along with friends and family, started the annual Putting for Parkinson’s Golf Outing six years ago. “To date, we have raised over $100,000 for the […]
