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Study: Memory deficits resulting from epigenetic changes in Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed
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Study: Memory deficits resulting from epigenetic changes in Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed

Memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be able to be restored by inhibiting certain enzymes involved in abnormal gene transcription, according to a preclinical study by researchers at the University at Buffalo. The findings could pave the way toward new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. The paper will be published in Science Advances. Image credit: University...

Making Memories
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Making Memories

On a late summer day in 1953, a young man who would soon be known as patient H.M. underwent experimental surgery. In an attempt to treat his debilitating seizures, a surgeon removed portions of his brain, including part of a structure called the hippocampus. The seizures stopped. Unfortunately, for patient H.M., so too did time....