Increasing a Brain Protein May Slow Alzheimer’s Disease

By Marina Zhang For over 30 years, the amyloid hypothesis has postulated that the accumulation of amyloid beta proteins drives Alzheimer’s disease. However, a new study challenges this theory and suggests a paradigm shift in our understanding of the disease. Aβ42, a type of amyloid beta protein, which aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease, may actually prevent […]