EurekAlert! In the Spotlight - Alzheimer's Awareness Month

Welcome to In the Spotlight, where each month we shine a light on something exciting, timely, or simply fascinating from the world of science.

In honor of Alzheimer's Awareness Month, we’re exploring the science and stories surrounding Alzheimer’s disease.

Latest News Releases

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 2-Nov-2025 02:11 ET (2-Nov-2025 07:11 GMT/UTC)

28-Jul-2025

Blood vessels and immune cells drive risk for Alzheimer’s and stroke

Gladstone Institutes
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The brain’s health depends on more than just its neurons. A complex network of blood vessels and immune cells acts as the brain’s dedicated guardians—controlling what enters, cleaning up waste, and protecting it from threats by forming the blood-brain barrier. A new study from Gladstone Institutes reveals that many genetic risk factors for neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and stroke exert their effects within these very guardian cells.

Journal: Neuron

28-Jul-2025

Johns Hopkins scientists grow novel 'whole-brain' organoid

Johns Hopkins University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels. The research marks one of the first times scientists have been able to generate an organoid with tissues from each region of the brain connected and acting in concert.

Journal: Advanced Science
Funder: Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund

25-Jul-2025

These immune cells eat molecular trash to keep Alzheimer's at bay

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In Alzheimer’s disease, proteins like amyloid beta form clumps, known as plaques, that damage the brain.

Journal: Neuron
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Consortium for Frontotemporal Dementia Research, Tau Consortium, Alzheimer's Association, Cure Alzheimer's Fund, BrightFocus Foundation

25-Jul-2025

Davos Alzheimer’s collaborative to showcase groundbreaking progress in healthcare system innovation and inclusive global research at AAIC 2025

Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative
Business Announcement

The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC),presents significant new research and implementation outcomes at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Toronto, Canada. These include data from multi-site healthcare system implementation projects and the expansion of DAC’s research footprint across five continents.

24-Jul-2025

Math model sheds light on Alzheimer’s spread

University of Texas at Arlington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mathematics may not be the first thing people associate with Alzheimer’s disease research. But for Pedro Maia, an assistant professor of mathematics and data science at The University of Texas at Arlington, analyzing how different parts of the brain interact like a network is revealing new insights into one of the world’s most devastating brain disorders.

Journal: Brain

24-Jul-2025

New approach maps nearly 10,000 disease genes to 93 complex diseases, creating 54,240 gene-disease-cell links for precision medicine

Higher Education Press

TripletDGC, an open-source GitHub toolkit, leverages single-cell RNA-seq to map nearly 10,000 disease-associated genes to their most impacted cell types—creating over 54,000 gene-disease-cell links to accelerate precision medicine and targeted drug discovery.

Journal: Frontiers of Computer Science