Low-calorie diets are a known benefit for the overall health of the body, but the exact mechanisms underlying this effect…
Articles by Joana Fernandes, PhD
A treatment that uses microscopic droplets of fat – called nanoliposomes – to carry drugs to the brain has  been…
A technique using light intensity to detect explosive residue in homemade bombs, also known as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), is…
Researchers reviewed the novel mutations found in genes associated with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in Asian countries, arguing that identifying disease-associated mutations…
Immunotherapy for Alzheimer’s disease may not provide a clinical benefit in patients that also developed vascular cognitive impairment and dementia…
The number of clinical trials evaluating possible treatments for Alzheimer’s disease is on the increase, according to a recent analysis…
One of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is the accumulation of the protein, amyloid beta, in neurons, leading to…
Researchers at the the Salk Institute, in California, have shown, in a mouse study, that increasing the levels of a…