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The latest basic science on Alzheimer's: proteins, cellular mechanisms, genetics research, and institutional findings.
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Oct 10, 2026Research & DiscoveriesFriends of BrainHealth grants advance dementia prevention and brain health researchFriends of BrainHealth donors have put more than $466,000 into 2026 seedling grants for dementia prevention and brain health research at the Center for BrainHealthNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedOct 7, 2026Research & DiscoveriesNew modeling reveals high societal value of early Alzheimer's careModeling from USC's Schaeffer Center suggests donanemab could add substantial lifetime value for patients and society, and that starting treatment two years earlier would raise that value by about a thirdNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedOct 7, 2026Research & DiscoveriesCould speech offer a window into aging?A speech-based aging clock built from nearly 3,000 Spanish speakers tracked dementia, cognition, social adversity and biological aging in a low-cost way.News Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedOct 6, 2026Research & DiscoveriesSocial media and AI chatbots face gaps in supporting vulnerable usersResearchers say social media platforms' safety messaging is often vague and unverifiable, raising accountability questions for families and policymakersNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedOct 4, 2026Research & DiscoveriesYour gut bacteria may reveal how fast your brain is agingA UCLA study in eBioMedicine links gut bacteria and the compounds they make to how old a person's brain looks on scansDementia News -- ScienceDailyOct 3, 2026Research & DiscoveriesYour gut may be making a molecule that raises Alzheimer’s riskGut bacteria produce a compound called imidazole propionate that may raise Alzheimer's risk and speed decline, UW-Madison researchers reportDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 30, 2026Research & DiscoveriesNovel 'speech clock' can estimate a person's chronological ageA study in Science Advances used machine learning on speech from nearly 3,000 Latin American adults to estimate age and flag accelerated biological agingNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 30, 2026Research & DiscoveriesNeck lymph node removal surgery may disrupt brain waste clearanceWeill Cornell-led research in Neuron links neck lymph node removal to higher rates of cognitive impairment and disrupted brain fluid drainageNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 28, 2026Research & DiscoveriesScientists found a surprising driver of Alzheimer’s outside the brainA WashU mouse study finds lymph nodes prime T cells to enter the brain and drive tau-related damage - blocking those signals sharply cut neurodegenerationDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 27, 2026Research & DiscoveriesGlucosamine, a popular joint supplement, linked to faster Alzheimer’s progressionUniversity of Florida researchers found glucosamine use tied to a higher chance that mild cognitive impairment progressed to dementiaDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 25, 2026Research & DiscoveriesMathematical models simulate how common metals influence Alzheimer's diseaseA Mississippi State mathematician has built a model of how copper and zinc may drive amyloid-beta clumping, and how treatments could interrupt itNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 24, 2026Research & DiscoveriesChronic stress and social support affect how cognitive abilities change with ageA Wake Forest study of nearly 3,900 older adults links chronic stress to faster cognitive decline, with strong social support tied to better attentionNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 24, 2026Research & DiscoveriesPsychAD studies map molecular mechanisms across major brain disordersMount Sinai-led PsychAD Consortium publishes nine coordinated papers mapping shared and disease-specific molecular changes across Alzheimer's and other brain disordersNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 24, 2026Research & DiscoveriesMenopause leaves a blood protein signature linked to brain aging and Alzheimer’s riskA Nature Medicine study finds blood protein patterns tied to menopause also track with proteomic estimates of brain aging and later cognitive outcomesNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 23, 2026Research & DiscoveriesExperimental drug reverses multiple sclerosis damage in mouse modelAn HIV-drug derivative called Kamuvudine K-9 reversed paralysis and vision loss in mice with an MS-like disease, UVA Health researchers reportNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 23, 2026Research & DiscoveriesNew 3D lipid atlas maps the chemistry of mouse brainsResearchers at EPFL have built a three-dimensional atlas of the lipids in the mouse brain, filling one of neuroscience's long-standing blind spotsNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 21, 2026Research & DiscoveriesNew brain circuit discovery offers hope for panic disorder treatmentsSalk researchers pinpoint a long-overlooked region next to the amygdala whose neurons fire long after a threat appears, possibly explaining lingering fearNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 21, 2026Research & DiscoveriesActive form of meprin-β protein increases in people with Alzheimer’s diseaseSpanish researchers report that the active form of the enzyme meprin-beta is elevated in the brain and spinal fluid of people with Alzheimer's diseaseNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 18, 2026Research & DiscoveriesScientists restore a brain protein and reverse signs of aging in miceMouse study finds that restoring a hypothalamic protein called Menin eased several signs of aging, while D-serine improved cognitionDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 17, 2026Research & DiscoveriesTime-restricted eating may slow early-stage Huntington's diseaseAn OHSU pilot study found people with early-stage Huntington's disease safely kept to a six-to-eight-hour daily eating window, with gains in several measuresNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 17, 2026Research & DiscoveriesSalk scientists demonstrate B cells directly enhance killer T cell functionSalk researchers report the first evidence that B cells can directly regulate killer T cell activity against tumors, opening a new angle for immunotherapyNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 15, 2026Research & DiscoveriesReading for pleasure linked to better mental health and greater empathyCambridge researchers reviewing the evidence say reading for pleasure is tied to better mental health, more empathy and lower dementia risk at any ageNews Medical Alzheimers Disease News FeedSep 15, 2026Research & DiscoveriesScientists discover a major brain shift between ages 50 and 75A Science study of human hippocampus cells finds the brain's resident immune cells are largely replaced between ages 50 and 75 by more inflammatory onesDementia News -- ScienceDailySep 13, 2026Research & DiscoveriesScientists find a new layer of Alzheimer’s hidden in the genomeA Science study finds the genome's 3D folding is altered in specific brain cells in Alzheimer's, linking those changes to gene activity and tissue structureDementia News -- ScienceDaily