Health News - New findings contradict dominant theory in Alzheimer’s disease

Health News - New findings contradict dominant theory in Alzheimer’s disease: The theory describes how an increase in secreted beta-amyloid peptides leads to the formation of plaques, toxic clusters of damaged proteins between cells, which eventually result in neurodegeneration. Scientists at Lund University, Sweden, have now presented a study that turns this premise on its head. The research group’s data offers an opposite hypothesis, suggesting that it is in fact the neurons’ inability to secrete beta-amyloid that is at the heart of pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s disease.

Drug Shows Promise In Early Alzheimer's | Fox News

Drug Shows Promise In Early Alzheimer's Fox News: An experimental drug being developed by Roche Holding AG removed amyloid plaques from the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients in a small early-stage study, according to data published in the Archives of Neurology, the Swiss drugmaker said on Monday.

Scientists Find Alzheimer's Disease Could Be Transmissible

Scientists Find Alzheimer's Disease Could Be Transmissible: Alzheimer's Disease in some case could be caused by a brain infection, scientist have found.
A new study by researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston suggests that Alzheimer's Disease can be added to the list of transmissible infections.