UCSF researchers have identified ADGRG1, a microglial receptor that helps clear amyloid beta plaques in Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study shows that the way amyloid proteins—implicated in Alzheimer's disease—assemble into fibrils can be significantly ...

In an exciting breakthrough, researchers have identified cancer drugs that might reverse the effects of Alzheimer's disease ...

Microglia, a type of brain immune cell, can gobble up amyloid beta protein, which clumps together into toxic aggregates ...

If you needed another reason to get your daily steps in, science just handed you one. A new study shows that walking daily ...

Without the receptor, ADGRG1, the microglia barely nibbled on the toxic protein. Using a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, ...

UCSF scientists have discovered how microglia engulf and break down amyloid beta, a protein that builds up in Alzheimer's, ...

De Strooper has received numerous honors, including the Zenith Fellows award from the Alzheimer's Association in 2017 and the Brain Prize in 2018. He holds more than 20 patents, founded two biotech ...

Scientists at UCSF have uncovered how certain immune cells in the brain, called microglia, can effectively digest toxic ...