Iron and Alzheimer's: A Promising Connection for Medical Interventions

Researchers have developed a new imaging probe that has shown for the first time that in the same regions of the brain where the amyloid beta plaques associated with Alzheimer's occur, there is also an increase in iron redox, meaning the iron in these regions is more reactive in the presence of oxygen. The imaging probe could yield even more details about the causes of Alzheimer's and help in the search for new drugs to treat it.