Tag: Alzheimer’s
Study: Fatty lipids in brain’s immune cells’ link to Alzheimer’s
Recent research on Azheimer’s identified a significant link between the APOE4/4 gene, a known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s, and the abnormal accumulation of fatty lipid droplets in microglia, the brain’s immune cells. The study, published in Nature in March […]
Giving away money voluntarily and excessively may be a sign of Alzheimer’s
Different from healthy financial altruism, research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California suggest that willingness to give away money among older adults as well as their susceptibility to scam, fraud, or financial exploitation, could […]
New spinal fluid test for Alzheimer’s disease approved by US-FDA
An Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnostic test that can effectively detect levels of amyloid protein aggregations in cerebrospinal fluid has been approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new “Lumipulse” test is the first to make […]