New research published in Molecular Neurodegeneration has revealed that mutations in three genes known to cause familial ...

Researchers found the PHGDH gene directly causes Alzheimer’s and discovered a drug-like molecule, NCT-503, that may help ...

This would typically progress to dementia ... that could be easier to deliver to the brain, and exploring gene therapies. Holtzman is pursuing drugs inspired by the Christchurch mutation, with ...

Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) have unraveled the genetic contributions ... specific kinds of mutations and the age of onset for familial Alzheimer’s disease could be useful for ...

This inherited form of the disease tends to strike early—often before the age of 65—and is caused by mutations ... profile could delay the age of onset in familial Alzheimer’s disease ...

Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) has unraveled the genetic contributions ... specific kinds of mutations and the age of onset for familial Alzheimer's disease could be useful for doctors ...

A group of researchers in the lab of Prof. Lucía Chávez Gutiérrez (VIB-KU Leuven) have unraveled the genetic contributions to familial Alzheimer's Disease development and revealed how specific ...

A young Chinese man diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 19 is demanding that the early causes of the disease be ...

An experimental treatment appears to delay Alzheimer’s symptoms in some people genetically ... Louis involves families that pass down rare gene mutations almost guaranteeing they’ll develop ...

The biomarker studied here could potentially ... to the hereditary form of Alzheimer's disease, which is caused by mutations in the genome. Since these genetic anomalies can be passed on to ...

RIKEN researchers have demonstrated the protective effects of a specific genetic mutation against Alzheimer's disease in animals for the first time. This could eventually lead to the development ...

An extended family in that South American country has a devastating genetic variant that triggers early-onset dementia. "They ...