Telegraph.co.uk | Alzheimer's breakthrough: scientists home in on molecule which halts ... Telegraph.co.uk Dementia-related conditions are already the biggest cause of death among women in Britain and only narrowly outranked by heart disease and cancer for men. Alzheimer's develops when proteins in the brain malfunction and then stick together into fibres. Alzheimer's researchers find molecule that delays onset Alzheimer's breakthrough as scientists discover how to stop disease in ... Major Alzheimer's breakthrough as scientists close to blocking spread of disease |