Alzheimer’s-affected brains are riddled with so-called amyloid plaques: protein aggregates consisting mainly of amyloid-β. However, this amyloid-β is a fragment produced from a precursor protein whose normal function has remained enigmatic for decades. A team of scientists at VIB and KU Leuven led by professors Joris de Wit and Bart De Strooper has now uncovered that this amyloid precursor protein modulates neuronal signal...
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Alzheimer’s may NOT be caused by toxic protein clumps killing brain cells: Study debunks the established theory and could pave the way for new treatments
Past research implies dementia occurs due to amyloid proteins causing plaques These plaques were thought to kill nerve cells or make toxic tangles in the brain New study suggests proteins do cause plaques but not cell death or the tangles Researcher believes the ‘exciting’ finding ‘opens the way for drug screening’ Alzheimer’s affects around 5.5...