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Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's disease is probably the best-known form of neurodegenerative disease, which is usually characterised by a progressive loss of cognitive, emotional and social abilities. But what actually happens in the brain? Read more about current research and therapeutic approaches to this form of dementia.

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News • Expanding brain imaging

Portable, low-field MRI shows promise for Alzheimer's diagnostics

A new study shows that a simplified, low-field MRI machine, augmented with machine learning tools, matches conventional MRI in measuring brain characteristics relevant to Alzheimer's disease.

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News • Finding the fibrils

The “superspreaders” behind Alzheimer's disease

Misfolded proteins lead to Alzheimer's disease – but where do they come from? Using a particularly powerful imaging technique, Swiss researchers now uncovered a key mechanism.

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News • From silent to destructive

Exploring the two phases of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s disease may damage the brain in two distinct phases, based on new research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) using sophisticated brain mapping tools.

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News • Neurodegenerative diseases

Tauopathy or Alzheimer's? Biomarker and PET imaging for improved diagnosis

Researchers have identified biomarkers that, in conjunction with PET imaging, enable doctors to reliably distinguish between primary 4-repeat tauopathies and Alzheimer's disease.

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News • Towards personalised risk assessment

Training an AI to early detect dementia with big data

With enough medical training data, AI can predict health conditions with astounding accuracy. Now, researchers want to use brain scans of the entire Scottish population to have an algorithm early…

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News • Promising diagnostic tool

Alzheimer's: New test to detect side effect risk from drugs

A novel test aims to predict whether Alzheimer’s patients are genetically predisposed to side effects from anti-amyloid drugs, a promising new class of Alzheimer’s therapeutics.

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