PSEN1 encodes presenilin-1, a subunit of γ-secretase, the aspartyl protease responsible for Aβ generation. More than 300 mutations in PSEN1 have been reported and mutations in PSEN1 are the most ...

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The role of ApoE has been well-studied outside of the cell, but what happens after it’s let inside? Scientists led by Raimund Dutzler, University of Zurich, have identified Tweety homologue 2 as an ...

Every participant in the Dutch 100-Plus study is, by definition, exceptional. Just to qualify for enrollment, they must have remained cognitively healthy even after logging 100 laps around the sun.

Meet the Jekyll and Hyde of the immune system: activated CD8⁺ T cells. On June 24 in Nature Immunology, researchers led by Dorian McGavern at the National Institutes of Health introduce a granzyme ...

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Early onset familial Alzheimer disease (eFAD) is hereditary and marked by Alzheimer disease symptoms that appear at an unusually early age. Symptoms can start in a person's thirties, forties, and ...

In a June 12 conference at UW-Madison, researchers gathered from across the U.S. and abroad to discuss the latest progress on TDP-43 biomarkers. In all, 74 people attended in person, and 727 virtually ...

TDP-43 Conference Marks Concerted Effort to Finally Snag Biomarkers Add To My AlzForum 30 Jun 2025 Steps Forward: Immunoassays for cryptic HDGFL2 flag TDP-43 proteinopathy in diverse disorders.

An interactive timeline of the evolution of Alzheimer's Disease research.

Signaling through the TREM2 receptor fuels an ever-growing list of known microglial functions in the brain, and gene variants that hobble TREM2 signaling beckon Alzheimer’s disease. Ergo, activating ...

As advanced biomedical technologies have allowed scientists to gather growing and increasingly complex datasets, even the most brilliant human minds grappling with the windfall can’t possibly keep up.