A new study could change Alzheimer’s treatment by unlocking the brain's sugar code
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A quiet but powerful ally in the brain may be reshaping how we understand and treat neurodegenerative disease. New research from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging uncovered the overlooked role of glycogen, a stored form of sugar, in brain cells. The Read More...
Scientists use living human brain tissue to model Alzheimer’s to accelerate search for the cure
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a world-first, British scientists replicated the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease using living human brain tissue — a leap forward in the global race to understand and treat dementia. This pioneering research, led by a team in Edinburgh, involved Read More...