Genetics

A protein link between brain diseases and leaky blood vessels

Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage primarily affects the brain's ...

Neuroscience

Biological age linked to dementia risk in large population study

People whose biological age is higher than their chronological age may be more likely to develop dementia than people whose biological age matches or is lower than their chronological age, according to a study published online ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Billions for dementia research will be on the November ballot in Texas

A proposal for billions of dollars for the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas will go before the state's voters in November as a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing its funding heads to the Secretary ...

Neuroscience

How resilient nerve cells fight back against dementia

A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, through a new study in fruit flies. The study, published in Cell Reports, is helping to answer one of the biggest questions in ...

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