Alzheimer’s News From Around the World.

Compounds Have Potential For Diagnosis, Treatment Of Alzheimer’s Disease - “New research suggests that a select group of compounds that interact with a protein in the brain might be used in the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia disorders…” (more)

Polyphenols protect nerves from damage but not in Alzheimer’s – “Plant nutrients called polyphenols are known to protect nerves from damage, but to expect a similar effect in case of Alzheimer’s would be ‘unwise,’ warns Indian-Canadian researcher Charles Ramassamy…” (more)

MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer’s structures - “MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer’s disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming…” (more)