Alzheimers aesthetic

WebMD's caregiver's guide to understanding Alzheimer's disease symptoms and stages. Includes tips to avoid caregiver burnout.

Based on a work by David Hockney. Made for my college course in art but I left at the beginning of the second year so in the end I never got to show it :(.. So I'll show it here instead. =]

For more than 25 years one idea has dominated scientific thinking about Alzheimer’s disease: the amyloid cascade hypothesis. It holds that the disorder, which afflicts about one in 10 Americans age 65 or older, is caused by a buildup in the brain of abnormal amyloid-beta protein, which eventually destroys neurons and synapses, producing the tragic symptoms of dementia. There’s plenty of evidence for this. First, the presence of sticky clumps or “plaques” containing amyloid is a classic…

Alzheimer’s – Daniel Garcia Art

In April of 2018, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes in California completely erased Alzheimer’s disease damage in human cells by changing the structure of one protein.

Understanding Alzheimer's disease requires delving into the complex biological and neurological mechanisms that drive its progression.

A little more from illustrator Davide Bonazzi. Here comes our third feature of Davide Bonazzi's outstanding illustrations. During the last years, the