Tag: national_institute_on_aging

• NIH Aging Institute Director Dr. Richard J. Hodes to Retire After 33 Years

  4 Nov 2026 10:57 a.m. · Source: National Institutes of Health

  Dr. Richard J. Hodes will retire December 7, 2026, after leading the National Institute on Aging since 1993, overseeing budget growth from $400M to $4.6B and major Alzheimer's and geroscience advances.

  HealthPolitics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyFederal GovernmentMedical ScienceElection National Institute on AgingRichard J. HodesretirementAlzheimer's disease researchgeroscienceNational Institutes of HealthKenneth Santora

• NIH-Funded Scientists Map Alzheimer's and Related Brain Disorders at Single-Cell Resolution

  23 Sep 2026 10:54 a.m. · Source: National Institutes of Health

  PsychAD researchers built a single-cell atlas of the human prefrontal cortex using 6.3 million nuclei from 1,494 donors, mapping molecular drivers of Alzheimer's, related dementias and psychiatric disorders.

  HealthScience & TechnologyUSAMedical ScienceArtificial IntelligenceEducation Alzheimer's diseaseNational Institutes of HealthPsychADNational Institute on Agingsingle-cell atlasneurodegenerative disordersprecision medicine

• New Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's Symptom Onset with Greater Accuracy

  1 Jul 2026 8:47 a.m. · Source: National Institutes of Health

  A new NIH-funded study reveals a novel Alzheimer's blood test utilizing circular RNAs (circRNAs) can predict symptom onset more accurately than current diagnostics. This breakthrough could revolutionize patient selection for clinical trials and treatment monitoring.

  HealthScience & TechnologyMedical ScienceFederal GovernmentEducation Alzheimer's diseaseBlood testcircRNAsBiomarkerNIHNational Institute on AgingMedical ResearchNational Institutes of Health

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