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·March 12, 2026·9 min read

Diverse Biological Roots of Alzheimer’s Revealed

Alzheimer's doesn't follow the same biological script for everyone, highlighting critical differences across racial and ethnic groups.

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·February 17, 2026·6 min read

Brain Swelling Reveals Alzheimer’s Treatment Success

It’s the side effect every Alzheimer’s patient fears, but it might actually be a sign of success. New research shows brain swelling is tied to better plaque clearance.

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·February 12, 2026·8 min read

New Drug Target Could Freeze Alzheimer’s in Its Tracks

Is the IDOL enzyme the key to stopping Alzheimer's? New research shows that blocking this single target can dissolve brain plaques and boost cognitive resilience. By lowering the brain's "strongest risk factor" protein, scientists have found a new way to keep neurons communicating even under attack.

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·January 26, 2023·5 min read

Protein Plaques Associated With Disease Are Stickier Than Thought

Study provides experimental evidence of an alternative binding site on amyloid-beta aggregates. The discovery opens the door to the development of new therapies for Alzheimer's disease.

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·November 13, 2022·5 min read

Green Tea and Resveratrol Reduce Alzheimer’s Plaques

Two common compounds, green tea catechins and resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, reduce the formation of Alzheimer's-associated amyloid plaques in brain tissue.

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·June 7, 2022·3 min read

Rapamycin Increases Alzheimer’s-Associated Plaques in Mice

Rapamycin, a drug approved for the treatment of cancer and transplant patients increases amyloid-beta protein plaques in the brains of mice.

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·November 29, 2021·4 min read

Potential Cause of Alzheimer’s Discovered

The form in which isomers take can increase the risk of developing dementia, researchers report. Drugs in development to improve autophagy may help prevents Alzheimer's from developing.

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·October 29, 2021·4 min read

Key Alzheimer’s Feature Eliminated in Animal Model

Inhibiting the NHE6 gene abolished the formation of amyloid-beta plaques in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 28, 2020·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Protein in Blood Indicates Early Brain Changes

Blood samples taken from people enrolled in an Alzheimer's research study revealed higher levels of phosphorylated tau 217 that correlated with the presence of amyloid plaques. People with amyloid in their brains had up to three times more of the tau protein in their blood than those who had no evidence of amyloid accumulation. The higher levels of the protein were evident even in people with no signs of cognitive decline.

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·March 31, 2020·3 min read

Amyloid formation drives brain tissue loss

Animal study reveals the formation of amyloid plaques drives brain tissue loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. However, lithium, a drug commonly used to treat bipolar disorder, reduces the life-shortening effects of the loss.

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·January 1, 2020·5 min read

Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration

Amyloid accumulation occurs faster in those who have objectively-defined cognitive difficulties than older people who are considered to be cognitively normal. Mild cognitive impairment is also associated with faster hippocampal and entorhinal cortex atrophy.