Alzheimer’s disease: Inflammation triggers fatal cycle

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 19:10 in Health & Medicine

An immune reaction in the brain seems to play a major role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. In a way, it “adds fuel to the fire” and apparently causes an inflammation that, in a sense, keeps kindling itself. The study has now been published in the journal Cell Reports. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by clumps […]

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