A new study from scientists in Southampton has suggested that diet during pregnancy may affect an offspring’s risk of brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
A research team has studied a protein called SORLA in mice, reporting that it could be a promising target for the development of new Alzheimer’s treatments.
Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed a new technology that could form the basis of a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease.
A global team of researchers has linked a rare change in a gene called PLD3 to a doubling in the risk of the most common, late-onset form of Alzheimer’s disease.
In a policy brief launched today, entitled The Global Impact of Dementia 2013-2050, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has announced that the number of people living with dementia
Researchers have studied nanoparticles in the laboratory and suggested that they could be used to deliver drugs into the brain in diseases like Alzheimer’s.
A powerful laser imaging technique has been used by researchers to show how minute quantities of
With the G8 Dementia Summit one month away, the UK’s leading dementia research charity Alzheimer’s Research UK has announced a first of its kind in Europe with the launch of a Drug Discovery Institute to develop new treatments for dementia.
Scientists in Hong Kong and the US have discovered that specific cells in the retina die in mice with Alzheimer’s disease.
More than 180 dementia researchers from across Europe and the US have joined forces to perform the largest genetic study of late-onset Alzheimer’s to date, identifying 11 potential new genes linked to the disease.