As biomarker testing becomes more common in Alzheimer’s research, scientists face the tricky question of whether to disclose results. In studies of hypothetical scenarios, including a recent survey ...

As advanced biomedical technologies have allowed scientists to gather growing and increasingly complex datasets, even the most brilliant human minds grappling with the windfall can’t possibly keep up.

Despite growing recognition of the importance of the peripheral immune system in neurodegenerative disease, little is known about how these blood cells change in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

A newly identified receptor rolls out the red carpet for α-synuclein fibrils, ushering them inside neurons and fast-tracking their spread, according to research from Fudan University, Shanghai. In the ...

Now that lecanemab has been in clinical use in the U.S. for a little over a year, doctors are asking how long they should treat. This remains an open question. Drug maker Eisai has proposed to the FDA ...

In Phase 3, HMTM failed to meet co-primary endpoints. Subgroup analysis of an open-label extension suggests benefit in people with MCI. In that subgroup, half as many people transitioned to AD. HMTM ...

A record 4,700 people from 70 countries attended the 18th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases, held March 5 to 9 in Lisbon, Portugal. Those who attended this hybrid ...

Part 1 of 2. Click here for Part 2. As Alzheimer’s clinicians across the U.S. started offering a disease-modifying treatment to their patients, uptake at first was slow but is now speeding up. Six ...

The latest effort to rewrite the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease has stirred more than a little controversy. While the proposed revisions have garnered praise from researchers for more ...

The first direct-to-consumer Alzheimer’s disease blood test has arrived. Quest Diagnostics, a worldwide diagnostic service headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey, announced on July 31 that it would ...

Tucked into the waterways of a Nordic landscape, moose roaming its woods near the Russian border, Kuopio, population 300,000, is both small and remote. Yet this Finnish city lies in the center of a ...