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Read the latest news about the use of biomarkers in research on Alzheimer's prevention.

18 May | 2020

BBRC starts a new study on the relationship between insomnia and Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Oriol Grau explains the goals of the study Alfa Sleep, which will start over the next months.

25 May | 2020

Air pollution causes damage to brain areas linked to Alzheimer's

BBRC researchers have detected that people most exposed to air pollution have greater brain atrophy and less cortical thickness in specific areas of the brain that are affected in Alzheimer's disease.

04 Mar | 2020

American philanthropists invest 2M euros to diagnose the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease through a blood test

The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation funds the research, thanks to donations from Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and several other philanthropists.

28 Jan | 2020

“The Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant allowed me to come back to Barcelona and to clinical research”

Dr Marc Suárez-Calvet explains his experience and the current stage of the project that he has led with European funding

16 Jan | 2020

BBRC presented data from the ALFA study at CTAD

Alzforum reports on the presentations exposed by José Luis Molinuevo and other researchers at the 12th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference

07 Jan | 2020

New study finds changes in brain structure and cognition in people with insomnia

The research opens the door to a new line of research that will analyze the relationship between sleep quality and Alzheimer’s risk

04 Dec | 2019

New study relates alterations in white and gray matters and cognition

The results complement previous findings with participants of the Alfa Study

26 Nov | 2019

A study by BBRC and Hospital Clínic finds brain changes in healthy people with subjective cognitive impairment

The results show that people with beta-amyloid alteration and subjective perception of cognitive impairment have cerebral volume loss in areas associated with Alzheimer’s disease

11 Nov | 2019

José Luis Molinuevo explains Alzheimer’s research advances in the Science Week

The Scientific Director of Alzheimer’s Prevention Program of the BBRC participated in BCNSpiracy, a scientific dissemination event held in CosmoCaixa