Science News
#88: Alzheimer’s Genes Located
These findings mark the first time any Alzheimer’s genes have been picked from the proverbial haystack in genomic studies. 12.19.2009
Is Alzheimer's Like a Strange Form of Brain Cancer?
Biochemist Peter Davies suspects the vast majority of research is on the wrong track: The disease is caused by improper cell division, not plaques or tangles. 10.02.2009
Tapping the Brain’s Defenses to Fight Alzheimer’s
A natural brain protein and insulin, of all things, may lead to effective treatments. 04.17.2009
#18: Two Alzheimer’s Drugs Show Promise
The new drugs use a totally different mechanism than most would-be treatments. 12.19.2008
Visual Science: What Does Alzheimer's Look Like in Your Brain?
A 3-D rendering of a peptide shows a clear marker of the disease. 07.04.2008
Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
Research has clues but no answers yet. 07.20.2007
Cold Sores? What Cold Sores?
The strange link between herpes and memory 04.06.2007
Curry Your Brain
Video: A chemical in turmeric could protect you from Alzheimer's. 03.07.2007
Calories and Alzheimer's
Dieting may fend off memory loss in your later years. 08.11.2006
Alzheimer's Hope
Gene therapy trial proves successful. 04.07.2006
The Greatest Unanswered Questions of Medical Science
Where the money and brainpower will go in the next decade 12.03.2003
Medicine
01.01.2003
Of Spice, Spray, and Senility
03.01.2002
The Year in Science: Medicine 1997
The Missing File of Auguste D. 01.01.1998
Alzheimer's Begins at 20
Writing samples forecast Alzheimers 01.01.1997
The Besieged Brain
An immune response in the brain may contribute to Alzheimer's. 09.01.1996
Alzheimer's Stepchild
A neuropathologist defies conventional wisdom when he swears there's a connection between aluminum and Alzheimer's. 09.01.1992
