Alzheimer’s pill could reduce brain decline in some high-risk patients, trial suggests

The experimental pill ALZ-801 slowed memory decline by 50% and reduced brain shrinkage in early Alzheimer's patients with ...

No amount of alcohol is safe, at least for dementia risk, study finds

The finding comes from data of more than 550,000 adults ages 56 to 72, as well as genetics information from 2.4 million study ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Unlocking the science behind Alzheimer’s: Ongoing research is targeting the disease at its roots

Scientists are unraveling the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s to develop earlier diagnoses and breakthrough therapies ...
University of California, San Francisco

How to Turn Genes On or Off to Protect Brain Cells From Dementia

Martin Kampmann’s work, supported by the National Institutes of Science (NIH), maps cellular “decision points” that determine ...
Science Daily

Scientists reversed brain aging and memory loss in mice

Cedars-Sinai researchers created “young” immune cells from human stem cells that reversed cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s ...

Dolphins may be getting an Alzheimer’s-like disease due to this neurotoxin

In this context, researchers have connected neurotoxins from algal blooms to brain changes associated with an ...
Scientific American

Alzheimer’s Drugs Are Finally Tackling the Disease Itself. Here’s How

This article is part of “Innovations In: Alzheimer's Disease” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Eisai. Alzheimer’s disease has proved to be a ...

'Me and my sister had 50% chance of Alzheimer's'

The 39-year-old from Hull lost his dad from Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) when he was a child and knew he had a 50:50 ...