Unlocking the origin of Alzheimer’s
Evidence is mounting for alternate origins of Alzheimer’s disease plaques – and results could explain why drugs designed to remove …
Research might have uncovered missing link between Alzheimer’s and vascular disease
Scientists might have identified the mechanism by which people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol or obesity have an increased chance …
Targeting neuroinflammation for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Role of sirtuins as potential therapeutic targets for alleviating neuroinflammation associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common …
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Neuroprotective mechanism altered by Alzheimer’s disease risk genes
Researchers have discovered that gene variants associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease disturb the brain’s natural way of …
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Eyes provide early view of Alzheimer’s risk
Protein deposits in the retina and brain appear to parallel possible neurodegeneration, an insight that might lead to easier, quicker …
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Predicting possible Alzheimer’s with nearly 100% accuracy
Researchers develop a deep learning-based method that can predict the possible onset of Alzheimer’s disease from brain images with an …
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Can diabetes drugs reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s?
Study finds people taking the drugs have fewer biomarkers of Alzheimer’s and demonstrate a slower cognitive decline. People taking certain …
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A pawsitive take in Alzheimer’s disease modelling
As purr-plexing as it may seem, cats may provide key answers in the study of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. As …
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First Alzheimer’s gene therapy clinical trial bags $5m
National Institute on Aging awards $5 million grant to UCSD Med School for human clinical trial of gene therapy for …
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