New comprehensive data platform could transform Alzheimer's research, treatment

With an increasingly aging global population and no available preventive treatments, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are poised to become an even larger public health challenge.

The mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease are difficult to study because the disease has a long developmental period during which changes in the brain can occur years before symptoms appear.

It also has significant variation across individuals in terms of what causes the disease and how it develops. ...