NIA-supported National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
In a recent InsideNIA blog post, Dr. Cerise Elliott, Program Director in the Clinical Interventions and Diagnostics Branch of the Division of Neuroscience, highlighted the National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD), an NIA-supported resource to help scientists accelerate and streamline their efforts. NCRAD serves AD/ADRD scientists by banking a wide range of biospecimens, recently including pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Through a collaboration with the NIA Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS), NCRAD supports state-of-the-art genome and genotyping arrays for samples in several new studies, including the 90+ Study, a longitudinal study of aging and cognition among participants over age 90, and the Amyloid Neuroimaging and Genetics Initiative (ANGI), an add-on for participants in the Imaging Dementia-Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study.