alzheimers research
The Immune System Is Killing the Brain in Alzheimer's, and Scientists Just Found a Way to Stop It
Posted in Medicine, Science on 2nd Oct, 2026
by Alexander Muller
This is mouse data, and Alzheimer's has a long and humbling history of results that looked transformative in rodents and failed in humans. Longer-term studies are needed to confirm that protecting brain tissue in the short term translates into sustained cognitive benefit.
Could Genetically Engineered Brain Cells Be the Key to Beating Alzheimer's?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 6th May, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Alzheimer's has beaten every treatment thrown at it for a hundred years. That record won't be broken easily. But engineering the brain to clean itself up from the inside is a meaningfully different kind of attack, and one that, for the first time in a while, feels genuinely worth watching.
Ozempic-Like Drug Slows Cognitive Decline in Mild Alzheimer’s Disease
Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2024
by Alex Muller
In a recent clinical trial involving over 200 participants with mild Alzheimer's, a GLP-1 drug called liraglutide was shown to slow cognitive decline over the course of a year.