UCI Down syndrome expert Dr. Ira T. Lott examines ABC-DS participant Jeremy Throckmorton

NIH awards over $100 million to examine biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome

Project aims to improve quality of life of aging populations

UCI part of US effort to find Alzheimer’s biomarkers in people with Down syndrome

National Institute on Aging grants $4.7 million to Dr. Ira Lott’s research team

UCI researchers learn why Down syndrome boosts susceptibility to other conditions

A study led by UC Irvine researchers has revealed some of the underlying neural factors that explain why people with Down syndrome are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and autistic spectrum disorders.

Down syndrome may hold clues to Alzheimer’s

A UCI research team is studying Down syndrome adults to learn why – and when – cognitive decline is triggered by Alzheimer’s disease.

UC Irvine News Brief: Dr. Ira Lott gets major grant to study dementia in those with Down syndrome

UC Irvine pediatric neurologist Dr. Ira Lott has received a five-year, $2.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to seek ways of preventing or delaying the onset of dementia in people with Down syndrome, who have an elevated risk of developing it by age 40.

Rafe Day

‘Parts Dude’ creates chemistry

Rafe Day, a technician with Down syndrome, is important to the mix in physical sciences lab

UCI MIND awarded $14.4 million NIH grant to continue critical Alzheimer’s disease research, education

UCI MIND, the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders at UCI, has been awarded a $14.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health, to sustain critical research and education as Orange County’s only Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The NIA funds only 32 of these centers at […]

Med students make do – and then some

Graduating class faces curtailed rotations, crises of confidence and commencement questions with grace, generosity and ingenuity

The big residency reveal

For Match Day, we profile three graduating medical students on the cusp of starting their careers

Dementia developments

Co-hosted by UCI MIND, the 30th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference will share recent discoveries