News tagged with amyloid beta

Vaccine slows progression of skeletal muscle disorder

A potential vaccine for Alzheimer's disease also has been shown in mice to slow the weakening of muscles associated with inclusion body myositis, a disorder that affects the elderly.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Variant form of amyloid beta hinders amyloidogenesis, development of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease causes misfolding and aggregation of a protein fragment known as amyloid beta and its deposition as plaques in the brain. This process triggers a cascade of event that leads to neurodegeneration. A new ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Forgotten and lost - when proteins 'shut down' our brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Which modules of the tau protein, in neurons of Alzheimer disease patients, may act in a destructive manner were investigated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry ...

Biology /

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New Pathway is a Common Thread in Age-Related Neurodegenerative Diseases

How are neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's initiated, and why is age the major risk factor? A recent study of a protein called MOCA (Modifier of Cell Adhesion), carried out at the Salk Institute ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study provides further evidence that apple juice can delay onset of Alzheimer's disease

A growing body of evidence demonstrates that we can take steps to delay age-related cognitive decline, including in some cases that which accompanies Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the January 2009 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0