Doug Whitney (left, pictured with his son Brian in November 2022) is genetically predisposed to develop Alzheimer’s, but has so far dodged the condition Shelby Lum/Associated Press/Alamy A man in the US who was virtually guaranteed to get early-onset Alzheimer’s disease because of his genetics has somehow dodged it, possibly thanks to his inadvertent heat…
A scanning electron micrograph of a mouse nerve cell that is affected by misfolded versions of the proteins amyloid and beta, which are thought to drive Alzheimer’s disease LINNEA RUNDGREN/LINEAR IMAGING/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Interest is growing in using the brain’s waste-disposal system to delay or ease Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a new technique that helps clear…
The glymphatic system is comprised of channels that clear waste from the brain CLAUS LUNAU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Drugs that boost our brain’s waste-disposal system so it can better remove proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease have been identified for the first time. The combination of a therapy that is commonly used as a sedative with a…
