A breakthrough study highlights Xenon gas as a potential game-changer in treating Alzheimer’s disease, demonstrating its ability to mitigate brain damage and improve cognitive functions in mouse models.

Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia — it causes memory loss, confusion, thinking problems and behavioral changes.

The gas xenon, like the other noble, or inert, gases, is known for doing very little. The class of elements, because of its molecular structure, don’t typically interact with many chemicals.

Scientists have discovered that inhaling xenon gas activates brain immune cells to break down Alzheimer 's-related plaques and reduce inflammation. Successful mouse model experiments have paved the way for human trials,

Most treatments being pursued today to protect against Alzheimer's disease focus on amyloid plaques and tau tangles that accumulate in the brain, but new research from Mass General Brigham and Washington University School of Medicine in St.