Researchers at Indiana University have identified a single enzyme in brain neurons that, when removed, sharply reduced the ...

Share on Pinterest Dopamine could potentially treat Alzheimer’s by stimulating the production of an enzyme that breaks down beta-amyloid plaques, researchers say. Qi Yang/Getty Images One of the ...

Chemists at Oregon State University have for the first time watched copper ions force amyloid-beta proteins into toxic clumps ...

For more than three decades, scientists have been racing to stop Alzheimer's disease by removing amyloid beta plaques—sticky clumps of toxic protein that accumulate in the brain. The findings could ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a test that would help doctors detect brain plaque to rule out Alzheimer's disease in patients, according to a Reuters report. The radioactive ...

The blood-brain barrier border protects the brain by regulating the flow of molecules, peptides, and cells, but it also keeps out many therapeutics. Now, researchers have harnessed the power of a ...

Scientists have long been racking their brains for ways to treat Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. Turns out that the answer may lie within our own brains. Researchers from ...

A new study suggests a promising alternative to previous attempts to remove the sticky, toxic amyloid beta plaques from brains with Alzheimer's Disease: enhancing the brain's own immune cells to clear ...