Alzheimer's Accidentally Spread to Several Humans via Corpse Transplants
The findings change our understanding of the driving forces of Alzheimer's and highlight the need to review existing treatments.
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The findings change our understanding of the driving forces of Alzheimer's and highlight the need to review existing treatments.
Five people who were treated as children with cadaver-derived human growth hormone (c-hGH) developed symptoms of dementia when they were aged between 36 and 55, new research suggests.
Knowing that Alzheimer's comes in at least five distinct forms could change the treatment landscape, the scientists behind the new study say.
A fiber implanted into the hippocampus could allow scientists to study real-time changes in the brain as the disease takes hold.
About 55 million people live with dementia worldwide. New research into why brain cells die is enabling scientists to develop effective Alzheimer's drugs.