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UC San Diego scientists have created a gene therapy that goes beyond masking Alzheimer’s symptoms—it may actually restore brain function. In mice, the treatment protected memory and altered diseased ...

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In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed. What was going on in his brain? Images of the writer’s father in his childhood, from a family photo ...

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Picture this: your brain is a high-performance engine. Over decades, it doesn't just wear down, it also starts to run hot. Tiny "fires" of inflammation smolder deep within the brain's memory center, ...

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