Researchers have developed a test that spots early signs of Alzheimer's disease. Rather than looking for amyloid-beta plaques ...

Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its ...

Tau is a protein that builds up and moves between nerve cells in the brains of people living with Alzheimer’s disease, causing damage. Professor Mudher is using clever genetic manipulation in fruit ...

Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...

A 75-year-old man with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s has yet to show signs of the disease. Could this offer ...

People who carry a certain variation of this repeated DNA sequence have more than double the risk (2.2 times higher)of ...

Now, several publications and presentations at the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference have demonstrated that blood tests measuring amyloid and tau proteins have become much more ...

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A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s.

Share on PinterestA new study looks at biomarkers that may help detect Alzheimer’s sooner. Alvaro Lavin/Stocksy The presence ...

These various tests are at different stages of validation – assuring they’re accurate across many different populations. And, for each protein, there are several different met ...