New research suggests enhancing the brain’s own immune cells could help clear plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

“Matthew really opened up a new form of epigenetic inheritance,” says Dr. Brent Derry, Eroglu’s supervisor. “He found that amyloids can be inherited, marking a significant discovery in protein-based ...

Scientists have long been racking their brains for ways to treat Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia.

Chicago area scientists have identified the genes that drive the process of Alzheimer’s disease and are working to make the drug Lecanemab even better by identifying which genes are active ...

Northwestern researchers made progress on new biochemical possibilities this week, in both the human brain and everyday ...

Researchers found that peristaltic pump flow mechanically breaks supersaturation to induce amyloid formation by hen egg white lysozyme, a-synuclein, amyloid b 1-40, and b2-microglobulin. The high ...