Is atherosclerosis a modern disease after all?

Is atherosclerosis a modern disease after all?

What factors should we blame most for the continuing pandemic of heart and artery disease throughout the Western world? The argument has endured more twists and turns than California Route 1. For years, the diet cholesterol hypothesis has held sway, with added blame...
More misery for the amyloid hypothesis

More misery for the amyloid hypothesis

Further to our feature, a few weeks ago, on the state of health of the amyloid hypothesis – the dominant hypothesis to explain Alzheimer’s disease – comes news of yet another abandoned trial. This time the company is Merck and the drug under test is...
ISEMPH 2017 Meeting Poster

ISEMPH 2017 Meeting Poster

Download 8.5×11 poster                   Download A4 poster Learn more about the meeting and download a printable poster, here. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintWhatsAppLinkedInLike this:Like...
Hot Topic: Alzheimer’s Disease

Hot Topic: Alzheimer’s Disease

Four essays address the Hot Topic of Alzheimer’s Disease. Please contribute your comments at the end of each essay, or send your own essay to [email protected]. After solanezumab – where does Alzheimer’s disease research go from here?  Jeremy Taylor...