The hunt for the genetic causes of Alzheimer’s is underway. But there are more than 20,000 genes encoded in our DNA — and that’s…
Researchers in Denmark say they’ve found that destroying a certain gene can prevent early-onset Alzheimer’s. The test subjects who helped them prove it: a…
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…
Dozens of drugs designed to target and clear beta-amyloid plaques in the brain have failed to prevent or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease….
When Jamie Tyrone found out that she has two copies of the ApoE4 gene nine years ago, greatly increasing her risk of developing Alzheimer’s,…
Brain cells from people with Alzheimer’s have a unique pattern of mutations, which may help explain why the cells begin to die. The genetic…
Breakthrough advancements in gene-sequencing technologies have opened up new pathways for understanding health and disease. Scientists can sequence our genetic code to search for…
Cells called astrocytes use the protein encoded by ApoE4 — a genetic mutation linked to Alzheimer’s risk — to transport cholesterol in the brain….
Ka`imi A. Sinclair has devoted her career to brain health equity in indigenous communities and to getting these communities more involved in Alzheimer’s and…
Ask most anyone involved in Alzheimer’s research what the disease’s strongest genetic risk factor is, and there will be no debate: the the E4…
Analyzing large databases of human data, scientists identified a “water pill” called bumetanide, which reduced the risk of developing Alzheimer’s for people with a…
Amid growing evidence of the neurological complications of COVID-19, which range from loss of sense of taste and smell, to ‘brain fog,’ to stroke…
Certain genes like ApoE that play an important role in the disease. ApoE’s genetic variant, known as ApoE4, is the strongest genetic risk factor…
The idea that anxiety somehow foreshadows Alzheimer’s is not new: We have seen it in, for example, 2018 findings that increased anxiety corresponded with…
While researchers have known that the ApoE4 genetic variant is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s and related dementias, this finding is largely…