New UNLV Center Advances Global Fight Against Alzheimer's

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas' (UNLV) new Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience is designed to provide hope for people with Alzheimer's, dementia, and other brain and neurological diseases through scientific discovery, reports EurekAlert . The center will impel research, monitor the progress of clinical trials worldwide, and offer learning opportunities in the science of developing treatments for these disorders. "The . . . Center . . . will advance the science of brain health in tangible ways to transform the lives of millions of people affected by neurodegenerative diseases today and into the future," said Ronald. T. Brown, dean of the UNLV School of Integrated Health Sciences. The center's core element is its clinical trial observatory, which will track most Alzheimer's clinical trials throughout the world, compiling data from each trial's successes and failures to help scientists learn how to improve trials and expedite drug development. "The observatory will strengthen the science of treatment development and systematically reveal how to make trials better, faster, and cheaper," said center director and UNLV Professor Jeffrey Cummings. "Application of these lessons will accelerate treatments to dramatically improve people's lives."