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A genetic mutation is found to impair lipid metabolism and function of microglia, key defensive players in the brain.
Age-related changes make it harder for eye cells to come up with the energy needed for vision – and that deficit is widely thought to play a role in AMD.
Researchers discover 10 new gene variants that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), including some on rare genes that were never before linked to AD.
Learn about the amazing breakthroughs in Alzheimer's Disease Research for summer 2021.
Brain tissue grown in a dish called an “organoid,” was used to study how genetic mutations contribute to FTD.
Gene found to regulate tissue responsible for draining fluid from the eye.
BrightFocus-funded researchers have proposed a new way to treat Alzheimer’s, by clearing toxic tau from the connections, or synapses, between brain cells.
BrightFocus is funding early science behind a promising new technology– a wearable device that provides a very early prediction of Alzheimer’s onset.
