Cells, are you experiencing stress? Quick, SUMOylate your TDP-43 before it’s too late! Three independent papers appearing in rapid succession deliver the same message: Chain the small ubiquitin-like ...

Because hypertension is linked to a greater risk of dementia, several trials have investigated whether lowering blood pressure in older people would protect the brain. Data from cohorts of a few ...

Converging evidence suggests that hearing loss during midlife increases a person’s odds of getting dementia. Now, research from Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, suggests ...

At the AD/PD meeting held last month in Vienna, scientists implicated T lymphocytes—specifically, the cytotoxic, CD8-positive variety—in Alzheimer’s disease. While the modus operandi of these cells in ...