Are Clogged Blood Vessels the Key to Treating Alzheimer's Disease?

A new machine learning contest could help Alzheimer’s researchers investigate “stalls,” which reduce blood flow in the brain.

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By Egle Ramanauskaite
Jul 16, 2020 2:30 PMJul 16, 2020 2:47 PM
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Scientists have linked "stalled" blood vessels (red) with the symptoms of Alzheimer's. (Credit: Stall Catchers)

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In 2016, a team of Alzheimer’s disease researchers at Cornell University hit a dead end. The scientists were studying mice, looking for links between Alzheimer’s and blood flow changes in the brain. 

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