Alzheimer’s sneaks in quietly – but when does it really start? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Scientists have long known that Alzheimer’s unfolds slowly. But tracking it? Tricky – until now. Enter Laia Montoliu-Gaya and team at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. They compared
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Your eyes say more than your lips ever could. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Can your eyes reveal how much your brain remembers? Jordana Wynn and a Canadian team saw the potential. They tracked how people – ranging from healthy young adults to amnesia
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Can we recharge our brains’ batteries? Literally?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s seems to drain our brains. Some say the disease’s sticky plaques are what causes memory loss. How? Enter Bruce Yankner and team at Harvard. They wondered if the plaques are actually
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What your brain needs might just be… under the sea! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that causes the brain to degenerate. And for reasons still unknown, almost two thirds of patients are women. Why is that? Enter Asger Wretlind
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