Scientists Invented An Anti-Alzheimer's Peptide, Then Learned We Already Make It

Experts think it could help us to diagnose the condition one day.

Dementia, which is believed to affect almost a million people in the UK, is an umbrella term for neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.

At the moment, we don’t have an outright cure for dementia. In fact, there isn’t even a one-and-done diagnostic test yet, though researchers are optimistic about growing blood-based research.

But there’s a lot we do know, or at least suspect, too. For instance, Alzheimer’s, the UK’s most common form of........

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