Losing your memories may seem like a daunting thing for many people, but diseases like dementia stealing away your identity, ...

But scientists do not believe that dementia is an inevitability of getting older, and there are things you can do to lower your risk of developing it. The two main things, broadly speaking, are ...

It’s only natural to feel like a failure after it happens. And to get down on yourself for permitting it. For allowing a bit of bad news to take hold of you, upset your equanimity, and turn you into ...

My husband will be 80 in a couple of months. He is experiencing what I fear is primary progressive aphasia (PPA). He will not ...

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NKGen Biotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKGN) (“NKGen” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative autologous and allogeneic natural ...

My husband will be 80 in a couple of months. He is experiencing what I fear is primary progressive aphasia (PPA). He will not agree to get tested. Five years ago, a neuropsychiatrist diagnosed him ...

Dear B.E.: PPA is a degenerative disease of the brain in a class called frontotemporal dementias. These used to be called ...

“This is a wonderful piece of work,” said Henrik Zetterberg at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was not involved in ...

About Alector Alector is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company focused on developing therapies to counteract the devastating progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Leveraging the principles ...