My mission to protect threatened mangroves
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Researchers in Hungary raise fears of brain drain after ‘body blow’ EU funding suspension
Demonstrators in Hungary protest against the reorganization of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2019.Credit: Szilard Koszticsak/AP/Alamy Researchers in Hungary
Finding the first Alzheimer’s gene
MILESTONES 26 September 2024 Mutations in the gene encoding APP, the precursor to amyloid-β, are found to underpin some cases
2008: Exploring the role of inflammation and immunity in Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02948-8 Genetic evidence kick-starts research into the involvement of microglia cells and the innate
1999: A vaccine raises hopes of treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02946-w Immunizing mice against amyloid-β is shown not only to prevent plaques forming, but
1984: Identifying amyloid-β in brain plaques
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02882-9 Evidence mounts that these peptides are the key component of plaques associated with
2013: Genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s uncovered by large meta-analysis
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02949-7 A study of nearly 75,000 people doubled the number of areas of the
1993: A major genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02885-6 The APOE gene, which codes for a fat-binding protein in the brain, is
1985: Disentangling tau pathology
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02883-8 The protein tau is identified as the core component of neurofibrillary tangles —
‘It will be in the textbooks’
Credit: Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty For a little more than a century, chemists have believed that strong atomic links called