Research Highlights

Read about research on aging-related health issues, healthy aging, and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias conducted at or funded by NIA. Browse NIA research highlights by topic.

Close up on eyes of mother and daughter with faces next to one another.

January 21, 2021

Gene therapy techniques restore vision damage from age and glaucoma in mice

Older Asian woman with dementia reviewing her finances.

January 14, 2021

Dementia may cause problems with money management years before diagnosis

Older woman sitting on sofa looking into the distance thinking.

January 07, 2021

Novel gene loci tied to risk of Alzheimer’s in African Americans

A happy older couple at a park, sitting close together on the ground, and the woman has her arm around the man.

December 17, 2020

Positive mood in older adults suggests better brain function

The coastline of the island of Sardinia and the surrounding sea.

December 10, 2020

Genetic study in Sardinia shines new light on disease and immunity

Abstract representation of molecules using pentagon and hexagon shapes in green, yellow, orange, and gray.

December 03, 2020

Mouse Aging Cell Atlas enables discovery of cellular-specific aging changes in different cell types and organs

An older couple, holding hands, walking on a sidewalk in a neighborhood.

November 30, 2020

Maintaining mobility and preventing disability are key to living independently as we age

Microglia cell, shaded white in the foreground, with β-amyloid plagues in orange and other cellular structures shaded blue in the background.

November 19, 2020

Microglia, the brain’s trash collector cells, may play larger role in brain health, may reveal clues to disease treatments

Older adult man lying bed who cannot sleep.

November 12, 2020

Sleep disturbances linked to abnormal deposits of certain proteins in the brain

Older women sitting at tables, playing cards at a senior center.

November 05, 2020

Different forms of tau protein may relate to how fast dementia worsens