Q&A: Betty Tijms wants to stop treating Alzheimer’s as a single disease

Betty Tijms, the head of science at Alzheimer Center Amsterdam July 16, 2026 10:53 AM EDT PeopleR&D Q&A: Bet­ty Ti­jms says it’s time to stop treat­ing Alzheimer’s as a sin­gle dis­ease Ryan Cross Senior Science Correspondent LON­DON — For more than a cen­tu­ry, sci­en­tists study­ing Alzheimer’s have large­ly fo­cused their ef­forts on two pro­teins — amy­loid and tau — that clear­ly ac­cu­mu­late in the … Sign up to read this article for free. Get free access to a limited number of articles, plus choose newsletters to get straight to your inbox. SIGN UP LOG IN BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER