alzheimer’s disease
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Our Brains Are in Trouble: Nearly Half the World Living with Neurological Illness
Our brains are in rougher shape than we might think. New research from the World Health Organization and others estimates that nearly half of people globally are living with neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, or epilepsy, just to name a few. Collectively, these neurological problems are now thought to be the single largest…
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New AI Techniques May Help Accelerate Alzheimer’s Research
Understanding when and why a cell dies is fundamental to the study of human development, disease and aging. For neurodegenerative diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, identifying dead and dying neurons is critical to developing and testing new treatments. But identifying dead cells can be tricky and has been a constant problem…
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These Scientists Want To Redefine Alzheimer’s As A ‘Double-Prion’ Disease
Researchers this week say their work should upturn the conventional narrative of how Alzheimer’s disease happens. They argue the progression of Alzheimer’s is driven by a very specific form of two proteins that play a crucial role in the disease, and these forms should be considered prions — potentially infectious proteins that self-replicate by turning…
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This Is A Brain Taken Over By Alzheimer’s
The effects of Alzheimer’s disease on the brain often go unnoticed for years, even decades. But researchers at Stanford University and the University of Oxford believe they’ve found a way to visualise how the disease slowly spreads and erodes the brain — a tool they hope can help other scientists better study the incurable, fatal…