New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...
A group of specialized cells play a crucial part in clearing toxic proteins from inside the brain 1. But in people with Alzheimer’s disease, these cells malfunction, leading to the build up of tau ...
In the quest to cure Alzheimer’s, the protein known as beta-amyloid has long taken center stage, driving development of a long list of drugs aimed at breaking up “amyloid plaques” in the brain. But ...
Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism by which a brain enzyme called OTULIN controls the expression of tau, the protein that forms toxic tangles in Alzheimer's disease. The findings, ...
Irish researchers followed 793 adults from early midlife and found a striking link between vitamin D and Alzheimer’s-related tau proteins on brain scans years later. Could a routine supplement in your ...
Current drugs can slow the decline but cannot stop or reverse it, and many carry troubling side-effects such as nausea, dizziness and, in some cases, brain swelling or bleeding.