Typically, they protect the brain, but in certain states they are thought to propel Alzheimer’s disease forwards. Nature Outlook: Alzheimer’s disease Ayata and her colleagues showed that the ...

Alzheimer’s blood tests may one day allow patients and their doctors to track their individual progress in reducing risk, ...

Individuals with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's disease show altered blood levels indicating damaged neuronal contacts as early as 11 years before the expected onset of dementia symptoms.