Assistant Professor Jaime Ross and her lab report surprising findings on the impact of short-term microplastics exposure through drinking water.
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William Van Nostrand, co-executive director of the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the Univeristy of Rhode Island, is part of a team awarded a five-year, $8 million grant from the prestigious Leducq Foundation.
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A new grant supports research by the Van Nostrand lab to investigate the effects of the ApoE 4 genotype in cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a disorder that commonly occurs with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Assistant Professor Jess Alber answers questions about new research that supports her own work toward screening for Alzheimer’s disease during routine eye exams.
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Gene-edited rat models will reflect vascular pathology associated with Alzheimer’s and related disorders.
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Three Ryan Institute faculty are co-authors on breakthrough studies at Northwestern University and Harvard Medical School.
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The Ryan Institute is included in a spotlight on shifting trends in Alzheimer’s research in the latest issue of Science.
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Tom and Cathy Ryan give $24 million to support Ryan Institute research, as part of historic $35 million gift to URI.
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