Brain Resilience Postdoctoral Scholar Annie Goettemoeller is studying how epilepsy-like activity might drive the spread of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain
Engineered immune therapy could help fight brain aging
Feb 23, 2026
Neuroscientists studying inflammation and age-related brain decline engineered a protein that spurs the growth of new neurons in aging mice
Preventing Parkinson’s, a new Alzheimer’s drug, and more featured at tenth Knight Initiative Symposium
Feb 12, 2026
Researchers from around the world convened at Stanford to present their latest work on neurodegeneration and brain resilience
Aging brains pile up damaged proteins
Feb 2, 2026
Proteins that start life inside neurons build up faster in old age and spread to other brain cells—a potential source of neurological mischief
Past, present and future perspectives on the science of aging
Jan 30, 2026
Knight Initiative Director Tony Wyss-Coray and others talked to Nature Aging about aging research
The race to measure aging—and why it matters
Jan 27, 2026
Unlike chronological age, biological age can change and is a reflection of how your body's cells, tissues, and organs are functioning and aging
A new atlas could help guide researchers studying neurological disease
Jan 22, 2026
The database of lysosomal proteins is already helping researchers study how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work—or don’t—in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases