Are Alzheimer's and Type 2 Diabetes Linked?

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing an East Syracuse research center in New York to virtually run clinical trials, including one linking Alzheimer's to type 2 diabetes, reports WSYR-TV . Scientists think people with elevated blood sugar may produce harmful substances that eventually cause inflammation and cell damage, which could lead to memory loss in the brain. "What we're looking at with this clinical trial is kind of a neuro-protective approach to Alzheimer's disease," said Lisa Sonneborn at Clarity Clinical Research. "This treatment and this investigational drug is looking at trying to create a protection for the brain against that." The researchers are screening people online so they can attend in-person clinical visits later. The goal of the trial is to determine if the drug can block a specific receptor that the investigators believe could lead to the development of Alzheimer's.