The neurodegenerative illness Alzheimer's disease causes 70% of cases of dementia, and it leads to the impairment of behavioral and cognitive functions such as language, attention, memory, judgment, reasoning, etc. . The pathophysiology of AD is associated with two primary proteins: amyloid beta(Aβ) protein and tau protein . Aβ protein is formed after the amyloidogenic splitting of amyloid precursor protein (APP), where beta-secretase and gammasecretase cleave APP and produce the Aβ monomer (3). This monomer is typically disposed of by phagocytosis, but in AD, Aβ monomers accumulate and aggregate into oligomers, and eventually, these oligomers form the amyloid plaques . These plaques block neural communication in the neural synaptic junction and are toxic to brain health . Aβ protein also has implications inside the cell, as the protein activates an intracellular kinase that phosphorylates tau proteins . Tau proteins stabilize the microtubular transport mechanism inside the cell, but when phosphorylated, they detach from the microtubules and aggregate to form neurofibrillary tangles . The unstabilized microtubules eventually collapse, thus impairing intracellular transport . The combination of amyloid plaques outside the cells and neurofibrillary tangles inside the cells causes the cells to become dysfunctional and ultimately die . Risk factors that put people at a higher risk for AD include hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking . Additionally, there are several genetic risk factors for AD . One example is Down syndrome . In Down syndrome, there is an extra copy of chromosome 21; on chromosome 21 lies the gene that codes for APP . The additional copy of the encoding gene causes more APP to be produced and thus more Aβ protein . Another genetic risk factor is the inheritance of the APOE4 allele . APOE genes code for APOlipoprotein E, and this protein assists in the removal of Aβ protein . The APOE4 allele codes for APOlipoprotein E4, which is less effective at removing Aβ protein . As such, more Aβ proteins accumulate and, thus, a higher chance of aggregation.