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Iron As A Biomarker For Alzheimer’S Disease, Samual Barlow, Dr. Jonathan Wisco
Iron As A Biomarker For Alzheimer’S Disease, Samual Barlow, Dr. Jonathan Wisco
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the highest causes of death in the United States. After the age of 65, the chance of getting Alzheimer’s doubles every five years. As the average lifespan of Americans increases, the importance of understanding AD and finding more efficient ways to treat it increases as well. The earlier AD is treated, the more effectively we are able to treat it. Non-heme iron (Fe) has been shown to spatially correlate with Abeta. Since Fe causes a signal dropout in susceptibility-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), this imaging modality could possibly be used as a way to …