If you or a loved one is going through the diagnostic process for Alzheimer’s, one of the terms you’re likely to hear quite a…
We’ll get to the important question of beta-amyloid plaque build-up, but first, the basics: What is beta-amyloid protein, what does beta-amyloid do in the…
In a new mice study, researchers showed that beta-amyloid — the toxic protein linked to Alzheimer’s — can gum up the olfactory system and…
In the 1990s, the idea that clumps of beta-amyloid proteins are the main culprits of Alzheimer’s took off, and this line of thought —…
Not really. It’s a waste product that is constantly made and cleared. We see the brain scans of the people we treat and their…
The longstanding “amyloid hypothesis” suggests that Alzheimer’s hallmark beta-amyloid plaques and smaller clumps of beta-amyloid oligomers — proteins highly toxic to brain cells — can…
Researchers announced today that an Alzheimer’s clinical trial spearheaded by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been cancelled. Initial data analysis…
Much of Alzheimer’s research has focused on beta-amyloid plaques, one of the main drivers behind neurodegeneration in people with dementia. But more and more…
One of the most pressing mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is how long—and where—amyloid plaques have been developing, before the disease becomes…
For the first time, researchers have discovered how beta-amyloid, the toxic protein that is often found in Alzheimer’s patients’ brains, affects the brain before…
Researchers are getting closer to developing a simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. A study published in the journal JAMA Neurology found that…
When Jamie Tyrone opened the e-mail from a direct-to-consumer DNA company, she thought she was satisfying a casual curiosity. Instead, she learned she carries…
Should healthy people take an Alzheimer’s blood test? Clinical guidelines say no. But Quest Diagnostics, one of America’s largest medical diagnostic companies, seemed to…
A decade ago, families confronting an Alzheimer’s diagnosis had little more than memory-boosting pills aimed at lessening symptoms but they didn’t halt disease progression….