Technology fronts.
Eleven fronts for dementia research and care. Each card is a map node with neighbours.
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AI in dementia care
Software can help read scans or organise notes. It is not a clinician and it is not a diagnosis.
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Anti-amyloid treatment
Antibodies that lower amyloid plaques in early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, with ARIA monitoring.
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Anti-tau research
Tau is the tangle protein. Treatments that lower or block tau remain investigational.
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Care delivery
Who coordinates care, how families get respite, and how clinics monitor antibodies are delivery problems, not only science problems.
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Digital cognition
Apps and remote tests can track change. They do not diagnose dementia on their own.
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Fluid biomarkers
Spinal-fluid and blood tests that can support an Alzheimer’s biology question.
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Genetics
Genes can change risk and, rarely, cause familial disease. ApoE ε4 also changes antibody-safety counselling.
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Imaging
Scans that show brain structure and, in selected people, amyloid or other biology.
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Lifestyle and risk
Hearing, blood pressure, smoking, sleep, and movement are part of brain-health care. They are not a substitute for diagnosis.
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Neuroinflammation
Immune activity in the brain is a research front, not a licensed dementia cure.
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Symptomatic care
Medicines and non-drug support aimed at symptoms, not at reversing the disease.
