An early Alzheimer's treatment that removes amyloid plaques from the brain many years before symptoms arise may help delay ...

McDade said this study has the longest-running data for any patients who started amyloid-lowering biologics while they were still free of symptoms. “We think that there’s a delay in the ...

The kidneys become hard and small with buildup of amyloid. It is important for the nurse to assess the extent of kidney involvement in amyloidosis and the development of the nephrotic syndrome.

The findings suggest -- for the first time in a clinical trial -- that early treatment to remove amyloid plaques from the brain many years before symptoms arise can delay the onset of Alzheimer's ...

The major focus of our studies has been the identification of the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which specific proteins central to these diseases (e.g., the beta amyloid peptide ... elegans ...

Researchers followed a small group of 22 patients who had genetic mutations that cause the overproduction of amyloid in the brain. One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is when the protein ...

Using a strain of mice with an Alzheimer's like condition ... This treatment reduced the brain levels of the characteristic amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s due to the activation ...