The stakes are high for aducanumab because it’s among the last potential drugs standing that targets beta amyloid, the protein that forms sticky plaques around neurons in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s. But the failure of several anti-amyloid...
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Colombian Woman’s Genes Offer New Clues to Staving Off Alzheimer’s
In 2016, a 73-year-old woman from Medellín, Colombia, flew to Boston so researchers could scan her brain, analyze her blood, and pore over her genome. She carried a genetic mutation that had caused many in her family to develop dementia in middle age. But for decades,...