For decades, the story of Alzheimer’s research has been dominated by a battle between amyloid-beta and tau amyloids, both of which can kill neurons and impact the brain’s abil ...

For decades, the story of Alzheimer's research has been dominated by a battle between A-beta and tau amyloids, both of which ...

The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) plays a pivotal role in the activation of myeloid cells and is currently being investigated as a potential therapeutic target in several ...

Unexpected mutations in blood stem cells may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease. A new study published in the journal ...

A study published in Cell Stem Cell reveals that some mutations in blood stem cells might help protect against late-onset ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered that a magnetic brain treatment already used for depression can boost the brain’s ...

New research reveals that Alzheimer's disease may impair nerve function not by reducing myelin, but by altering the proteins ...

The FDA has approved the first blood test for Alzheimer’s, simplifying diagnosis and potentially improving access for millions of impacted Americans.

Pancreas cells may produce a protein that can protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease. In individuals with Alzheimer's ...

Microglia are known to play an important role in Alzheimer's disease, but exactly what they do has remained a mystery. Scientists in the Bart De Strooper Lab at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & ...

How exactly do amyloid plaques affect surrounding brain tissue, and does this change over time? Scientists led by Jörg Hanrieder at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, tackled this question by using ...

Researchers say the hormone dopamine may be used as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease as it stimulates the production of an enzyme known to break down beta-amyloid via a mouse model.