Study finds high levels of microplastics in human brains that appear to be increasing over time
Human brains contain higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a new study, and the amount ...
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Alzheimer's biomarkers now visible up to a decade ahead of symptoms
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein ...
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Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects ...
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Alzheimer’s escape: How one man defied his genetic fate for nearly two decades
A groundbreaking study reveals how a rare combination of genetics, proteomics, and environmental factors may hold the key to ...
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His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.
Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy ...
Human brain samples contained a spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...
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As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains
They found that the concentrations of particles in kidney and liver samples were comparable, with an average of 433 ...
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Pittsburgh researchers develop biomarker test to detect Alzheimer’s earlier
A new biomarker test developed at the University of Pittsburgh could help doctors doctors detect signs of Alzheimer's years sooner, according to research published Monday in Nature Medicine.