UCLA researchers are partnering with a biotech company to test a wearable pendant that could detect early signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Researchers from the UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology will conduct a year-long joint study with biotech company BioSensics. Read more...

Photo: Bijan Najafi, a principal investigator on the grant and a professor of surgery, is featured. Najafi and other researchers are working with biotech company BioSensics to create a device that simultaneously tracks movement and speech and may help doctors diagnose dementia patients early on. (Courtesy of Bijan Najafi)