The Roskamp Institute, jointly with The Open University UK, offers a doctoral degree in Neuroscience and is pleased to announce the program’s 14th graduate Charis Ringland. Charis joined the Institute as a Ph.D. student in January 2017. While she worked on a number of...

Gulf War Illness remains difficult to diagnose and treat since exposure to Gulf War chemicals happened nearly 30 years ago. Many studies now provide strong support that pesticide exposure during the Gulf War is one of the key factors in causing Gulf War Illness (GWI)....

Florida Red Tide has been destroying marine life and adversely affecting coastal Floridians for decades, with little understanding of its potential health risks to those in our community. The Roskamp Institute is currently conducting a clinical study on the potential...

For over two decades Roskamp Institute scientists have studied the causes and potential cures for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), including the link between environmental agents and increased risk for AD and other brain conditions. So when...

During these challenging times, as well as taking many precautions at the Roskamp Institute to keep the laboratories and clinic functioning to serve our patients and keep the research advancing, we are paying special interest to the central nervous system aspects of...

Sarasota, Fla.— New data from a clinical trial of Alzheimer’s Disease using a drug called Nilvadipine identified by researchers at the Roskamp Institute show that patients with very mild (very early stage) Alzheimer’s disease show less cognitive decline over an...

Disappointingly, and somewhat surprisingly, two drugs aimed at halting alzheimer’s disease by reducing levels of the amyloid protein in the brain have failed in a late-stage clinical trial. The clinical trial sponsored by Washington University, called DIAN-TU,...