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Breakthroughs in Alzheimer's genetics, biomarkers, and hereditary research.
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Oct 9, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsSutter Health care model safely expands local Alzheimer's treatmentSutter Health's weekly virtual review board helped community neurologists offer amyloid-targeting Alzheimer's drugs to more patients, with side effects tracked closelyNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedOct 5, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsExisting drug could target neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's patientsUniversity of Birmingham researchers blocked the P2X7 receptor in live human brain tissue and sharply cut the inflammatory signalling linked to Alzheimer'sNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedOct 1, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsAlzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may have a reversible weaknessMount Sinai researchers found APOE4 turns brain blood vessel support cells into scar-forming cells, a process they say may be reversibleDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 28, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsNew antibody treatment blocks immune response to prevent Alzheimer's damageBlocking a T cell entry route with an antibody preserved brain tissue and memory in tau mice at Washington University, without changing tau levelsNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 24, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsMount Sinai researchers discover how Alzheimer's gene damages blood vesselsMount Sinai teams show APOE4 turns blood-vessel support cells into scar-forming cells, and that blocking TGF-beta signaling reversed the damage in miceNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 18, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsSex-specific biological clocks reveal how aging differs across the body in women and menResearchers built 38 sex-specific biological aging clocks across 15 organ systems, linking them to mortality and MCI-to-Alzheimer's progressionNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 15, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsStudy links processed foods to targeted domain-specific cognitive declineMurdoch University research links a Western-style diet to faster cognitive decline in people who carry a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 14, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsAPOE genotype helps p-tau217 predict who may develop cognitive impairment soonerA pooled analysis in The Lancet Neurology finds the same blood p-tau217 level signals faster decline in APOE-e4 carriers than non-carriersNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 1, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsAI platform uncovers new molecular targets for Alzheimer's diseaseAn AI platform plus lab validation points to the NAD+-mitophagy axis as a central player in brain aging and Alzheimer's, naming new molecular targetsNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 29, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsPrimate-specific DNA change reveals a new link to dementia-related neurodegenerationKorean researchers used human brain organoids to show how a primate-only DNA deletion in the SPAST gene drives neuronal damage and dementia-linked degeneration.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 27, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsBrain organoids reveal how Alu-mediated gene deletion can lead to neurodegenerationKorean researchers used human brain organoids to show how an Alu-driven deletion in the SPAST gene damages neurons, a mechanism mice cannot modelNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 27, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsMulti-ancestry genetic score improves risk prediction for Alzheimer's diseaseResearchers built a polygenic risk score for Alzheimer's drawing on diverse populations, improving prediction accuracy beyond European-ancestry-only scoresNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 27, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsBrain atrophy on MRI could help predict Alzheimer’s progressionMass General Brigham researchers report that an MRI pattern of brain shrinkage may predict how fast early-onset Alzheimer's moves to dementia.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 27, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsNanoparticles regenerate neurons and improve cognition in Alzheimer’s miceEngineered nanoparticles turned support cells into working neurons in mice with Alzheimer's-like disease, restoring circuits and improving cognitionNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 25, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsResearchers find alarming rates of CTE in former football playersAt least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE at death, according to a new analysis published in The BMJNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 24, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsShared protein pathology redefines treatment for multiple neurodegenerative diseasesAn international team writing in JAMA Neurology groups ALS, FTD and LATE under one biological label, TAND, based on the shared protein TDP-43News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 23, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsA major Alzheimer’s risk gene may shrink brain cells years before symptomsGladstone researchers report APOE4 raises a protein called Nell2, shrinking neurons and making them hyperactive - and lowering Nell2 reversed it in mice.Dementia News -- ScienceDailyAug 21, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsNew review highlights spatial technologies in advanced brain mappingA new review from Brazilian researchers maps how single-cell and spatial multi-omics are exposing cell-by-cell molecular changes in Alzheimer's and other brain diseasesNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 13, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsAlzheimer's markers show crucial differences across diverse global populationsBlood samples from Nigeria and Tanzania carried the same core Alzheimer's markers as Canadian samples, but other proteins differed - a warning for global blood tests.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedAug 11, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsNocturnal micro-awakenings linked to genetic risk of Alzheimer's diseaseUniversity of Liege researchers found that middle-aged adults with more frequent nocturnal micro-awakenings carried a higher genetic risk score for Alzheimer's.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 28, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsCan Alzheimer's genes predict who becomes a SuperAger?A new study in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy finds SuperAgers' exceptional memory is not explained by lower inherited Alzheimer's risk.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJul 23, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsResearchers link genome folding to gene activity and brain tissue organization in Alzheimer'sA Science paper reports that the genome's 3D folding is organized differently in certain brain cells of people with Alzheimer's, revealing a new layer of the diseaseNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJun 30, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsNiigata University study updates Alzheimer's risk for APOE-e4 homozygotesA Niigata University meta-analysis of 21 Japanese studies puts APOE-e4 homozygote Alzheimer's risk at 12- to 15-fold, well below the 30-fold figure cited since 1997.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedJun 22, 2026Genetics & Risk FactorsStudy links genes and sleep habits to Alzheimer's riskEdith Cowan University researchers report that variants in the AQP4 gene and sleep patterns interact to shape early brain changes tied to Alzheimer's.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News Feed