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The Use of Stem Cells to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
By Tara Nguyen, Human Development, ’25 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes cognitive and motor functions to worsen over time, eventually leading to the loss of day-to-day function [1]. AD is the fifth leading cause of death in individuals aged 65 and older. Other causes of death within the top five, such […]
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Alzheimer’s Disease
By Nathifa Nasim, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior ‘22 Author’s note: Based on my interest in exploring Alzheimer’s pathology, I have been interested in the molecular mechanisms that drive neurodegeneration. After working on a project on mitochondrial blockers and Alzheimer’s disease at the Jin lab at the MIND Institute, I found numerous intersections between neurodegeneration and mitochondrial […]