New research shows that aging blood can accelerate Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain, while younger blood may offer ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows ...

An international research team reveals new molecular mechanisms associated with pathogenic mutations in the protein ...

An international research team reveals new molecular mechanisms associated with pathogenic mutations in the protein transthyretin that cause ...

Obesity may quietly fast-forward Alzheimer’s disease, with blood tests revealing the change years earlier than expected.

“Microplastics actually weaken the blood-brain barrier, making it leaky. “Once that happens, immune cells and inflammatory ...

In a joint study by researchers at the University of Rochester, US, and Indian researchers found that immune cells in the ...

Another piece of the dementia puzzle may finally have been found. In A Nutshell Scientists discovered ultrathin tubes (hundreds of nanometers wide) connecting brain cells that transport proteins and ...

I earned my B.S. in Biochemistry with a minor in Chinese from the University of Oklahoma. My current research in the Hansmann lab aims to study modulating factors of protein aggregation involved in ...

Nearly 7 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's, and by 2060, experts say that number could be as high as 14 million. Scientists are trying to find out why one man has been able to stave ...

Share The brain is like a city within a fortress. Its cellular inhabitants normally hum along in their daily routines. Neurons send out the electrical signals underlying memory and cognition.

Illustration showing Alzheimer's disease affecting the hippocampus. Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease that causes the loss of brain tissue. This leads to the progressive and irreversible loss ...