Although it has long been known that women are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s than men – two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women –…
The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer’s disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies. In…
Like an aged book, DNA in the brain acquires wear and tear during your lifespan. Earlier this year, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
Scientists examine the curious case of a woman with genes for early-onset Alzheimer’s who never developed the disease. In an autopsied brain, they found…
In 2016, Nicole Bell’s husband suddenly began experiencing cognitive decline. But the early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis that followed just didn’t add up. The more she…
The busy life of brain cells is not so different from the supply chain that supports online purchases. A transaction is registered at a…
Remember what happened the last time you sat down to finish your taxes — a task which is both necessary and boring? First, you…
Imagine the brain as a sprawling art exhibit: Several large marble and clay statues are visible as far as the eye can see —…
The lack of effective treatments for Alzheimer’s have spurred scientists to rethink the dominant approach to tackling the disease: the amyloid hypothesis. This hypothesis…
You may have read about it in the New York Post: “Scientists pinpoint personality traits that increase risk of Alzheimer’s.” A recent study published in…
Georg Meisl, a research associate at Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge shares insight into new research that sheds light on just…
Research has shown that glucose levels, the brain’s primary source of fuel, in the central nervous system diminishes in aging, and some researchers suggest that…
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 —…
What if the reason we can’t seem to crack the code on how to prevent, treat, or even fully understand Alzheimer’s disease is that……
Protein plaques and tangles have long been thought to be the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Now, scientists are looking beyond those biomarkers at a…