A team linked to Duke University and the UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center has found that a simple brush swab of the nasal lining can pick up molecular and immune cell changes tied to ...

Duke nasal swab test detects Alzheimer's years before memory loss using immune cell analysis, achieving 81% accuracy in ...

Alzheimer’s disease affects millions of people around the world and is one of the leading causes of memory loss and cognitive ...

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

A simple test could detect Alzheimer's years before symptoms appear, offering hope for earlier intervention and treatment.

A new Duke study is exploring whether cells inside the nose could reveal early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers say ...

Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people worldwide, yet the illness is hardest to catch at the very beginning, when new ...

After decades of slow progress in understanding and developing effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, scientists are ...

Two international studies, a clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and University of Utrecht, and a qualitative ...

Experts believe the retina may predict Alzheimer's risk because it is part of the central nervous system and connected directly to the brain via the optic nerve.