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News & ArticlesRed Tide Study Follow-up: Brain Health Effects of Red Tide Neurotoxins and Our Full-Circle Approach to Funding, Research, and Treatment
Dr. Michael Mullan, Executive Director Increased exposure to environmental toxins, chemicals, and viruses that impact the brain is of great interest to scientists at the Roskamp Institute, whose goal is to understand how to protect the brain, including both the young...
Alzheimer’s treatment drug built on Sarasota research heads toward FDA approval
By Laura Finaldi, Heraldtribune.com 11/5/20 A Sarasota company that researches and treats diseases of the mind is on track to receive, and then make available to local patients, a drug that experts say can be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The drug,...
Probing the Complex Relationships Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementias
Every year for the last three years Roskamp Institute scientist Dr. Joseph Ojo has successfully been awarded Department of Defense funding to investigate responses to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) at the cell-specific level. In a series of three complementary projects...
Delving Into The Immune System: Coronavirus, Multiple Sclerosis, and Aging
Dr. Andrew P. Keegan, MD, Roskamp Clinic Medical Director We are interested in understanding the aging immune system in multiple sclerosis, and this is particularly important during this time of the coronavirus. As the coronavirus (specifically SARS-CoV-2) has our...
Charis Ringland is Roskamp Institute’s 14th Ph.D. Program Graduate
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 Study Update: A Permethrin Metabolite is Associated with Immune Responses in Gulf War Illness
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)....
Red Tide Study Update: Potential Health Risks
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...
Roskamp Institute Receives National Grant for Florida Red Tide Study
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...
Perspective: Covid19, Cytokines, and Inflammation
Dr. Michael Mullen, Executive Director 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...
New Roskamp Institute Clinical Research Shows Promise of Drug to Slow Early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease
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...
Update on results of anti-amyloid treatments in genetic Alzheimer’s Disease
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,...
Open House 2019 Photos
We are once again extremely happy to report that our recent Open House event has smashed all previous records for attendance. It is only with your support and participation that we are able to push the boundaries of science for treatment of diseases like Alzheimer's,...
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