The Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

04/24/2026

Stanford Report: New atlas could help researchers studying neurological disease

A database of lysosomal proteins is already guiding researchers in studying how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work – or don’t – in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.

“Lysosomal function is essential for brain health, and mutations in lysosomal genes are risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases,” said Monther Abu-Remaileh, a Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate and an assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Stanford School of Engineering and an assistant professor of genetics in the Stanford School of Medicine.

Read more: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/01/atlas-database-researchers-neurological-disease-alzheimers

04/21/2026

Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, is a professor of neurology at Stanford School of Medicine and Director of the Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience who is discovering factors present in young blood and in exercised blood that can improve brain, heart, and other organ health. We discuss how different organs age at different rates and how to accurately measure biological aging. We also discuss the specific proteins found in blood when we are young and that are increased by things such as exercise, sunlight exposure, short-term fasting, specific foods, and social connection that can significantly increase vitality, restore youthful functioning of the brain and body, and potentially increase lifespan.

Discover how blood proteins reveal your biological age and organ health. Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray explains how exercise, diet, and lifestyle shape your aging process.

04/21/2026

A classic but ignored Alzheimer’s hallmark — myriad oily droplets in brain cells called microglia — may help connect several of the disorder’s better known but not well understood features.

04/17/2026

04/16/2026

A neuroscientist whose passion for understanding the brain began as a child has developed an experimental drug to slow the neurodegeneration of Alzheimer’s.

04/14/2026

Women get Alzheimer’s more often than men: Five things the science tells us 🩺🧠👩‍⚕️

Two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer's disease are women. Stanford Medicine neurologists Victor Henderson and Michael Greicius explain what science tells us about why, from the outsized impact of the APOE4 gene variant in women to the unresolved role of estrogen and hormone replacement therapy, and what still needs further study.

Women develop Alzheimer’s disease at higher rates than men. Stanford Medicine neurologists explain what science knows about why and the many things it doesn’t yet know.

04/10/2026

Join us on Saturday, May 16, from 9 am – 2 pm PT for wellness talks and exhibits, medical screenings and education, cooking demos, and more. Registration opens soon. Can’t join us in person? Our Health Talks will be livestreamed.

https://med.stanford.edu/health-matters.html

04/09/2026

What do we know about Alzheimer's disease and what brings us hope?

Following Part 1 of the Alzheimer’s episode, Sharon Sha, MD, MS, clinical professor of adult neurology, speaks to the practical questions patients and families have when receiving an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and how she helps her patients navigate their health journeys.

Following Part 1 of the Alzheimer’s episode, Sharon Sha, MD, MS, clinical professor of adult neurology, speaks to the practical questions patients and families have when receiving an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and how she helps her patients navigate their health journeys.

04/09/2026

What do we know about Alzheimer's disease and what brings us hope?

In the first segment of a two-part episode, Michael Greicius, MD, MPH, professor of adult neurology, begins by discussing his research in understanding the genetic and molecular roots of Alzheimer’s disease, sharing insights into the convoluted landscape of emerging treatments and new pathologies.

In the first segment of a two-part episode, Michael Greicius, MD, MPH, professor of adult neurology, begins by discussing his research in understanding the genetic and molecular roots of Alzheimer’s disease, sharing insights into the convoluted landscape of emerging treatments and new pathologies.

04/07/2026

04/06/2026

Women develop Alzheimer’s disease at higher rates than men. Stanford Medicine neurologists explain what science knows about why and the many things it doesn’t yet know.

12/20/2025