{"id":245553,"date":"2026-10-17T01:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/the-hidden-math-of-alzheimers-could-point-to-new-treatments"},"modified":"2026-10-17T01:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:36:59","slug":"the-hidden-math-of-alzheimers-could-point-to-new-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/the-hidden-math-of-alzheimers-could-point-to-new-treatments","title":{"rendered":"The hidden math of Alzheimer\u2019s could point to new treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-hidden-math-of-alzheimers-could-point-to-new-treatments.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mathematics may hold unexpected clues to understanding Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Scientists have developed a model showing how common metals like copper and zinc may influence the buildup of proteins associated with the disease, while also exploring possible ways to stop the process. The findings could help researchers identify promising strategies for preventing harmful plaque formation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathematics may hold unexpected clues to understanding Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Scientists have developed a model showing how common metals like copper and zinc may influence the buildup of proteins associated with the disease, while also exploring possible ways to stop the process. The findings could help researchers identify promising strategies for preventing harmful plaque formation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2229,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-mathematics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}