Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest contributors to air pollution, hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. Led by…
From studying the human genome to analyzing the way proteins are encoded, or monitoring RNA expression, researchers are rapidly gaining a far richer understanding of…
Researchers have identified a unique type of neutrophil significantly associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology and mapped the transcriptome of neutrophils in the peripheral blood…
People with high levels of body fat stored in their belly or arms may be more likely to develop diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s than…
Mice don’t get Alzheimer’s—and while that’s good news for mice, it’s a big problem for biomedical researchers seeking to understand the disease and test new…
In a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, both chronic and new anxiety were associated with an increased risk of dementia.…
Dementia is not an inevitable consequence of aging. It’s thought that around 40% of dementia cases could be prevented (or at least delayed) by changing…
An MIT study published in Nature provides new evidence for how specific cells and circuits become vulnerable in Alzheimer’s disease, and hones in on other…
Oligodendrocytes are an important source of amyloid beta (Aβ) and play a key role in promoting neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a…
Data from the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4) study, the first and largest clinical trial of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, is now widely available to…