McCance Center for Brain Health at MGH

11/20/2025

Don’t miss our last seminar of 2025! Dr. Nanda Kumar Navalpur Shanmugam, presents Inflammation Beyond the Intestine: Colitis-Induced Immune Changes in Alzheimer’s Mouse Model on December 8th at 11 am. Learn more & register here: https://bit.ly/McCanceEvents

11/18/2025

Tau is a protein found in the brain that serves many functions in healthy brain cells. In Alzheimer’s disease, an abnormal form of tau protein accumulates and creates thread-like structures called neurofibrillary tangles. These clumps prevent tau from doing its job and disrupt normal brain function.

The McCance Center team is working to diagnose and track the disease before symptoms appear. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/Pre-ADI

11/14/2025

New paper on McCance Center-funded trial by Dr. Edmarie Guzman-Velez shows alleviation of Long COVID symptoms with nicotinamide riboside supplement. Read it here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702500567X

11/13/2025

Congratulations to McCance Center director, Dr. Rudy Tanzi, for being named to the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list! More here: clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/

11/12/2025

The McCance team is growing! We’re recruiting a Clinical Research Coordinator, bilingual Spanish-English, to help us launch a trial of a natural product combinations for early AD intervention. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/McCanceCRC

11/11/2025

The Amyloid Beta Peptide is a natural protein found in the brain. With Alzheimer’s disease, this protein builds up and forms clumps called plaques, which cause damage to the brain.
Learn how you can protect your brain by living a brain-healthy lifestyle outlined in the SHIELD method: https://bit.ly/SHIELDPlan

11/05/2025

Dementia is a general term describing a group of symptoms that includes memory loss, difficulty with language and communication, and problems with reasoning and thinking, which affect a person’s daily living. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. Other causes include Lewy body dementia, Frontotemporal dementia, and Vascular dementia.

Learn how the McCance Center is working to find treatments for Alzheimer’s disease long before symptoms show: https://bit.ly/MCCTP

10/31/2025

Join in the fun at the Paddle for a Purpose Tournament & Party, Saturday, November 1st, at the Cohasset Golf Club! Proceeds will benefit the Brain Nutrition Lab at the McCance Center. Sign up to play or support us with a donation. Learn more:

Kick off the paddle season with Paddle for a Purpose Tournament & Party Play will be held at Cohasset Golf Club, Scituate Racquet and Fitness Club, and Black Rock Country Club This year, proceeds will support the McCance Center for Brain Health at Mass General Hospital The tournament ...

10/31/2025

Tomorrow kicks off . Currently, more than 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease. That number is expected to double by 2060. Here at the McCance Center, under the direction of Dr. Rudy Tanzi, our research is focused on early intervention. Read more about our Clinical Trials Platform here: https://bit.ly/MCCTP

10/22/2025

Join us virtually for the McCance Center Seminar Series, featuring leading clinicians & scientists discussing the latest research on brain health. We offer continuing education credits for physicians and nurses. Learn more: bit.ly/McCanceEvents

10/17/2025

A new paper out today in Neuron, by McCance-affiliated researchers, explores how immune cells contribute to AD risk. Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627325007457

10/16/2025

McCance Center Director Dr. Rudy Tanzi weighs in on Alzheimer’s risk in this recent article in NewScientist: https://bit.ly/NSrisk

Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s really means for him