Increasingly, scientists have looked to the eye for clues to Alzheimer’s. Past studies have taken all angles, from identifying links between beta-amyloid clumps in…
The toxic accumulation of four abnormal proteins in the brain is such a harbinger of cognitive decline, one researcher has taken to calling them…
A new study published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) links certain enzymes with degenerative brain diseases, which could mean scientists and drugmakers now…
Currently, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are typically detected and diagnosed through memory and cognitive tests or MRI and PET scans of the brain,…
As the number of people with Alzheimer’s grows in the coming decades, more attention is being paid to people who develop dementia as a…
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…
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia are caused by specific protein clumps — like tau or beta amyloid. But researchers are still investigating how…
Researchers are partnering with NASA to develop a new experiment that will test how amyloid protein clusters—one of the biological markers of Alzheimer’s—form. Known…
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…
Awareness campaigns, research funding drives and personal testimonies have helped make Alzheimer’s disease more widely known, and new developments occur regularly as research into…
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 now have a clearer understanding of how the Alzheimer’s gene ApoE4 disrupts brain cells, leading to cell death and dementia symptoms. A study…
Researchers have been focusing on how brain plaque contributes to Alzheimer’s disease since Dr. Alois Alzheimer noticed strange clumps in a patient’s brain after…
A study launched over two years ago using gamma light therapy to reduce beta-amyloid plaques in mice has proven to be a non-conventional treatment…
There might be a lot of unknowns when it comes to Alzheimer’s—why it forms, or why certain people get it—but most scientists agree that…