Alzheimer’s
Test can help detect Alzheimer's before dementia signs show
Posted in Medicine on 21st Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
A test that combines thinking and movement can help to detect risk for developing Alzheimer's disease in a person, even before there are any behavioural signs of dementia.
Brain may 'compensate' for Alzheimer's damage
Posted in Medicine on 16th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
The human brain may be able to compensate for some of the early changes seen in Alzheimer's disease, research in Nature Neuroscience shows.
Coated nanoparticles show Alzheimer's promise
Posted in Medicine on 13th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Nanoparticles coated in an amino acid polymer have been found to prevent the formation of amyloid associated with the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Alzheimers patients to be treated with the blood of under 30s
Posted in Medicine on 23rd Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
Alzheimers patients in the US will be given transfusions of young people's blood as part of a promising new treatment thats nowhere near as crazy as it sounds.
Genes point to immune role in Alzheimer's disease
Posted in Science on 19th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller
The discovery of a link between Alzheimer's disease and changes in several genes associated with inflammation opens a new frontier for investigation into the cause of the disease.