Alzheimer's Disease

The Life: Magnified exhibit showcases photographs taken by working biologists

The function of the leading genetic risk factor for the disease remains mostly unknown but that is set to change

It's premature to call the compound, alpha-ketoglutarate, an antiaging drug, but it has been found to extend the longevity of C. elegans by 50 percent

A growing population of elderly people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in China threatens to overwhelm the country’s social support systems

Misleading statements and conclusions regarding drug costs and prices are again being thrown around. It started with a post right here on Scientific American Blogs with the title “The Quest: $84,000 Miracle Cure Costs Less Than $150 to Make”.

One of the tragedies of aging is the slow but steady decline in memory. Phone numbers slipping your mind? Forgetting crucial items on your grocery list?

Researchers aim to detect Alzheimer symptoms long before they appear by tweaking an existing medical tool to sleuth out misfolded proteins linked with the illness

Scientists suspect that, along with genetic factors, toxins and pollutants may increase the risk of developing this debilitating disorder

Clumps of proteins twisted into aberrant shapes cause the prion diseases that have perplexed biologists for decades. The surprises just keep coming with a new report that the simple clusters of proteins responsible for Mad Cow and other prions diseases may, without help from DNA or RNA, be capable of changing form to escape the [...]

Modern genomes and ancient mummies are yielding clues to why the life span of Homo sapiens far exceeds that of other primates

Test that uses imaging agent to detect protein buildup may get government funding, but only in limited cases