Another Alzheimer’s Vaccine Moves Closer to Human Trials
With repeated drug failures to treat Alzheimer’s disease in recent years, scientists are racing to find a vaccine to prevent the disease from evolving….
With repeated drug failures to treat Alzheimer’s disease in recent years, scientists are racing to find a vaccine to prevent the disease from evolving….
An Alzheimer’s drug that attacks tau proteins is now being moved into new clinical trials in the U.S. and Europe, according to Singapore-based pharmaceutical…
In a new study published in JAMA Neurology, researchers reported the first results of an initial basket trial for neurodegenerative diseases. The trial brings…
Recent studies suggest that an eye test could reveal how likely a person is to develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) later in life. Scientists at…
Frequently napping during the day may be a sign of fatigue or growing older, but a new study suggests it may also be a…
Tau protein tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, develop differently in women than in men, and spread faster and more easily in women. This…
While not every elderly person develops Alzheimer’s, age is a risk factor for the disease. Currently, one in 10 people over the age of…
For the first time, researchers have determined that a molecule called VPS35 can clear tau proteins, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, in the brain….
Among people with the Alzheimer’s gene, women are at greater risk of developing tau tangles, a hallmark of the disease, than men are. The…
University of New Mexico researchers say they’ve developed a working Alzheimer’s vaccine in mice. According to the report, published in NPJ Vaccines, the team…
Tau protein tangles (or neurofibrillary tangles) are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, but what role do they play? First, you need to understand how…
A new study from the Mayo Clinic shows that people with sleep apnea are more likely to have higher levels of the protein tau,…
We know there are differences in men and women’s brains that can translate to varied reactions to environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors. But a…
Scientists have developed a new blood test that could help diagnose and even predict Alzheimer’s disease in the latest research offering an alternative to…
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, found two major groups of genes tied to mutations that cause an overproduction of tau, a…