An illustration depicts cells in an Alzheimer’s-affected brain, with abnormal levels of beta amyloid protein clumping together to form plaques that collect between neurons and disrupt cell function. - ...

Training the brain's immune system to recognize and clear toxic material is rapidly emerging as an promising way to put the brakes on Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately researchers haven't been clear ...

A group from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan, led by graduate student Tatsushi Oura and Dr. Hiroyuki Tatekawa, found ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Beta-amyloid peptides, protein fragments that form naturally in the brain and clump into plaques in Alzheimer’s disease patients, are thought to be responsible for neuron death, ...

Researchers have developed a microscopy technique to visualize amyloid beta’s underlying structure, which could yield new insights into Alzheimer’s disease. As the prevalence of Alzheimer’s rises, ...

In an unprecedented large-scale study, researchers have mapped out the first molecular events that cause harmful protein buildups in the brain of people with Alzheimer's disease. "By measuring the ...

(CNN) — For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can ...

They theorized that removing these proteins from the brain might delay or even reverse the disease, and they began to hunt for therapies that could do that. For decades, scientists have been testing a ...

(CNN) — For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can ...