Alzheimer's drugs targeting amlyoid plaque may be doomed to fail
In a study of the cause of Alzheimer's, cognitive decline tracked something other than high levels of amyloid plaques
Measuring how quickly proteins accumulate in the brain could help scientists identify people with Alzheimer's disease faster
Faster diagnosis means quicker treatment of this currently incurable disease
New research shows how protein aggregates destroy muscle cells
These findings have important implications for the treatment of myofibrillar myopathies, a set of diseases that affect the muscles
The gut microbiome can hit fast forward on Alzheimer's disease progression
Male — but not female — mice had reduced amyloid beta plaques in the brain after antibiotic treatment
Diabetes is a much stranger disease than I realized
We don't really know what causes diabetes, but it involves these misshapen proteins infecting each other