#  Bruce Yankner’s Alzheimer’s Research Journey 

 





After latest study, his inbox exploded: ‘I try to get back to everybody … I try to provide hope.’



 

July 10, 2026

 

 

Bruce Yankner has had a busy few months.

In August 2025, his team published a study in Nature showing that lithium is a natural, biologically important element in the brain that has the potential to prevent or even reverse Alzheimer’s disease. The findings mark a potentially major leap in understanding a disease that affects more than 50 million people worldwide and that so far has proved frustratingly difficult to treat.

Read [full article](https://hms.harvard.edu/news/bruce-yankners-alzheimers-research-journey).



 

 

 



 

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