Alzheimer’s Drug and Brain Shrinkage: Cause for Concern or Sign of Success? Imagine a scenario where a promising Alzheimer’s treatment causes an unexpected side effect: rapid brain shrinkage. This paradoxical phenomenon has scientists and medical professionals rethinking the relationship between brain volume changes and the efficacy of Alzheimer’s therapies1. Recent research has shown that drugs […]
Imagine a future where Alzheimer’s disease could be treated by using the brain’s own cleaning crew1. This idea comes from a study by Dr. Hoon Ryu and his team at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. They found a way to use brain cells called astrocytes to remove harmful proteins from Alzheimer’s disease. The […]
About 50 million people deal with Alzheimer’s disease or age-related dementia. This number is expected to jump to over 152 million by 20501. Researchers have often ignored the role of brain cells like astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes in Alzheimer’s. This review will show how these glial cells are key to understanding the disease. For a […]
