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…
Researchers have been focusing on how brain plaque contributes to Alzheimer’s disease since Dr. Alois Alzheimer noticed strange clumps in a patient’s brain after…
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found that when certain viruses come into contact with a person’s blood or other biological fluids,…
There’s more proof that machine learning can greatly aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The latest study, conducted by researchers at UC Davis…
Researchers have found more evidence that Alzheimer’s may be detected through a simple blood test. The latest study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The…
Clinical trial participants, researchers and investors were reeling on Thursday after Biogen and Eisai, its Japanese pharmaceutical partner, announced that they would be halting two…
A ‘leaky’ brain may be the first sign of Alzheimer’s in the brain—not the presence of beta-amyloid proteins or tau tangles, as researchers previously…
A new study has suggested that it might be possible for beta-amyloid, a protein strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease, to be transferred to people…
What if you could get an Alzheimer’s vaccine like you do for measles or chickenpox? Scientists at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are…
What if a machine could determine the source of your brain fog, offer a targeted treatment plan to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s…
Could marijuana treat Alzheimer’s? That’s what scientists at the University Medical Center Goettingen in Goettingen, Germany were investigating when they found that THC, the…
Does a drug that could treat Alzheimer’s already exist? A new study suggests that people with Alzheimer’s given a diabetes drug had fewer signs…
There might be a lot of unknowns when it comes to Alzheimer’s—why it forms, or why certain people get it—but most scientists agree that…
While you might read reports about the ongoing debate over what causes Alzheimer’s, Dr. Rudy Tanzi, an Alzheimer’s researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in…
The long search for a drug to slow the decline of Alzheimer’s may have reached a turning point. Pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Eisai have…