Possible Breakthrough In Alzheimer's Disease

Scientists believe they have discovered the "molecular janitors that clear away a sticky gunk blamed for Alzheimer's disease".

(AP)"We all knew that aging increases the risk for Alzheimer's," but not why, Gandy explained. "Now there's a direct link. ... It gives the molecular connection between aging and Alzheimer's."

And this process of "toxic aging" likely plays a role in still other neurodegenerative diseases, Dillin said, citing similar research with Huntington's disease.

This is a horrible disease and it is promising that they might have had a breakthrough.