Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interfere with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s and even restores memories in mice, they report Jan. 2 in the journal Cell Reports. The binding of amyloid beta peptides to prion proteins triggers a cascade of devasting events in the progression of Alzheimer’s—accumulation of...
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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...