We are investigating new deuterium-enriched probes for the molecular imaging of infection and Alzheimer’s disease (with Drs. Chaumeil, Gordon). The graphic depicts three glucose-derived 2H-enriched molecules we have studied in the normal murine brain and animal models of AD. In collaboration with spectroscopists at UCSF Mission Bay and physicians at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center we are developing tools to use DMI in UCSF patients.
