Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s – but our research suggests a specific brain enzyme could help protect them
Shutterstock/Pavlova Yuliia Silvia Maioli, Karolinska Institutet The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s, is a progressive, life limiting, neurodegenerative condition, which damages and destroys parts of the nervous system, especially the brain, over time. Women are most likely to be affected. They make up two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s. It is not yet understood why women have greater risk of developing the disease – but there does seem to be […]
