How MicroRNAs Could Change Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

In this episode of Research Renaissance, host Deborah Westphal sits down with neuroscientist Micaelly Alves, PhD candidate at Temple University and a 2025 Toffler Scholar supported by the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust. Micaelly shares her personal journey into neuroscience, inspired by watching her grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, and dives into groundbreaking research on microRNAs, tiny molecules that may hold the key to earlier diagnosis and more personalized treatment for Al...