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Finding the Cure for Dementia with ‘Super Agers’

April 23, 2023 No Comments

America is leading the hunt for a cure for dementia, and a special group of elderly men and women seem to hold the key.

Estrogen Hormone Therapy Inhibits Alzheimer’s Gene

February 13, 2023 1 Comment

Estrogen showed a protective effect in women carrying the ApoE4 gene. ApoE4 puts people at substantially increased risk for Alzheimer’s. Learn when and how estrogen may protect you.

TREM2 Helps Break the Alzheimer’s Code

February 3, 2023 No Comments

See Dr. David Samati explain the important connection between the TREM2 gene and Alzheimer’s disease. Read about its significance.

What is Epigenomics? How Does It Affect Alzheimer’s?

September 29, 2022 No Comments

Epigenomics enables us to nurture what our genes do through the way we live. Find out how MIT researchers are mastering epigenomics to beat Alzheimer’s.

How Alzheimer’s Genes Jam Up Brain Cleanings by Immune Cells

September 20, 2022 No Comments

Genes PROGRESS NEWS: The most prevalent genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s is apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4). How does this gene do its damage? A new study

Alzheimer’s Gene an Even Bigger Trigger

August 24, 2022 1 Comment

Until recently, APOE-e4 was thought to be the highest-risk Alzheimer’s gene. Then, a newly discovered immune-system gene began getting even more attention. Find out why

Genetic Test Predicts Alzheimer’s Better

August 1, 2022 No Comments

DNA: The PHS genetic test may one day diagnose Alzheimer’s before symptoms occur. Learn how looking at genes beyond ApoE4 holds big answers to tough

In the Lab, Alzheimer’s Gene Gets Fixed

July 13, 2022 1 Comment

PROGRESS: ApoE4 is the best known “Alzheimer’s Gene”. Gladstone Institute scientists successfully changed the gene’s structure. This eliminated certain signs of Alzheimer’s, restored normal cell

Do Genetics Cause Alzheimer’s?

April 19, 2022 2 Comments

VIDEO: Dr. Gayatri Devi (Neurologist and author of The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer’s) explains the role of genetics in

Can Choline Supplements Beat the Alzheimer’s Gene?

February 15, 2022 1 Comment

GENETIC RESEARCH: Researchers at MIT studying the APOE4 gene are looking at choline supplements and asking whether they can offer protection against Alzheimer’s, based on

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My Mind is Running Dry But Love Still Speaks

April 16, 2025

A powerful song about an 80-year-old professor losing memory due to Alzheimer’s. A tribute and a call for understanding, love, and support.

Leqembi Becomes Europe’s First Alzheimer’s Antibody

April 16, 2025

The European Union authorizes Leqembi as its very first Alzheimer’s drug to target an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s.

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More Evidence Alzheimer’s is a Type of Diabetes

April 16, 2025

MEMORY PROBLEMS, an early sign of Alzheimer’s, are linked to glucose sugar deprivation in brain cells. So is diabetes, a well-known Alzheimer’s risk factor. How strongly connected is the Alzheimer’s-Sugar-Diabetes triangle?