A common mutation in a key enzyme involved in alcohol metabolism increases damage in cells from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and in mice, according to […]
Teams publish in vivo Alzheimer’s disease treatment data
Oligomerix, Inc., a privately held company pioneering the development of tau oligomer inhibitors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative disorders, and the Feinstein Institutes […]
Researchers develop mouse model of human gene involved in Alzheimer’s disease
In research that helps scientists better understand and explore treatments for diseases like Alzheimer’s, scientists have developed a line of mice in which the mouse […]
Common nutrient supplementation may hold the answers to combatting Alzheimer’s disease
In a new study, Biodesign researchers reveal that a lifelong dietary regimen of choline holds the potential to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Choline is a […]
Alzheimer’s study: Electrostimulation to evoke vivid memories
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most dreaded diagnoses, and the fear is particularly acute among older people. This complex brain disorder, which usually affects […]
High-fat diet in utero protects against Alzheimer’s later
A high-fat diet can carry health risks, but for mothers-to-be, it may make all the difference when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease prevention for their […]
Alzheimer’s: carriers of risk gene show brain changes in their 20s – here’s why we shouldn’t worry
Dramatic developments in genetics research and the availability of commercial genetics tests have put us in a very modern predicament—we can now find out (quickly, […]
Biophysicists discover how ‘Australian’ mutation leads to Alzheimer’s disease
A team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCh RAS) studied one hereditary genetic […]
Link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer’s disease development identified
Scientists from the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences have discovered how to forestall Alzheimer’s disease in a laboratory setting, a finding that […]
Alzheimer’s drug ‘can reverse brain damage caused by too much alcohol’
Alzheimer’s drug ‘can reverse some of the brain damage caused by drinking too much alcohol as a teenager’ Scientists at Duke University in the US […]
Biochemists discover new insights into what may go awry in brains of Alzheimer’s patients
More than three decades of research on Alzheimer’s disease have not produced any major treatment advances for those with the disorder, according to a UCLA […]
High-energy lasers could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease in the future
Amyloid fibrils are a type of self-assembled proteins/peptides that take on a stacked sheet-like formation. Amyloid fibril aggregates are known to be a cause of […]
Novel high-sensitivity detector could aid in early Alzheimer’s diagnosis
A prime suspect in the onset of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases is a normally benign enzyme that is essential to proper development of the nervous […]
Novel discovery of links between liver dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease
New research from the Alzheimer’s Disease Metabolomics Consortium (ADMC) and Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) has uncovered novel connections between liver dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease […]