Another feature our blog discusses is the research surrounding brain disease and the scientific progress we’ve made on it thus far. We want you to understand better how these diseases work and what we’re doing to race to a cure.

For example, we discuss at length how different proteins may misfold within the brain and create the symptoms of Alzheimer’s by damaging brain cells and blocking nerve connections. We also discuss genetic correlations found between certain gene types and increased risk of Alzheimer’s.

In addition, we discuss known risk factors that put you in greater danger of degenerative brain disease (like smoking or repeated trauma to the brain from concussions). We’ll give you up-to-date info on any research progress our top scientists and researchers make and updates from the FDA on approval of new medications.

As pioneers in the research study of misfolded proteins or prion-proteins, we gain a great deal of understanding of what drives the progression of various types of brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and mixed brain diseases such as Lewy Body Dementia. We develop our unique philosophy of ParkinZheimer, in that neurodegenerative diseases are all brain conditions on the same spectrum. We understand how the prion-proteins damage the brain cells, resulting in physical, mental symptoms that affect our daily lives.