Discovery Promises New Treatments, Possible Prevention of Alzheimer’s

A new discovery of how Alzheimer’s disease destroys connections in the brain opens the door for new treatments and a possible cure or prevention of the debilitating form of dementia.

In the earliest stages of the disease, synapses — which connect the neurons, or “wiring,” in the brain — are destroyed. This happens before the disease can even be diagnosed accurately, while patients are experiencing only mild cognitive impairment. But eventually, the nerve cells die, breaking down brain function.

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