News tagged with amyloid beta
Studies demonstrate link among Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome and atherosclerosis
Nearly 20 years ago Huntington Potter kicked up a storm of controversy with the idea that Down syndrome and Alzheimer's were the same disease. Now the evidence is in: He was right.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 16, 2010 |
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Proteins linked to longevity also linked to Alzheimer's
Over the past 20 years, scientists have learned that proteins called sirtuins play a vital role in longevity and stress response in organisms as diverse as humans, yeast and mice. A new paper from MIT biologists ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Oxygen treatment hastens memory loss in Alzheimer's mice
A 65-year-old women goes into the hospital for routine hip surgery. Six months later, she develops memory loss and is later diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Just a coincidence? Researchers at the University of South ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Protein inhibitor helps rid brain of toxic tau protein
Inhibiting the protein Hsp70 rapidly reduces brain levels of tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease when it builds up abnormally inside nerve cells affecting memory, neuroscientists at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease
Aging is the single greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. In their latest study, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that simply slowing the aging process in mice prone to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 10, 2009 |
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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
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's research yields potential drug target
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Scientists say the discovery may lead ...
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Modulating a protein in the brain could help control Alzheimer's disease
A protein known to exist in the brain for more than 30 years, called 5-lipoxygenase, has been found to play a regulatory role in the formation of the amyloid beta in the brain, the major component of plaques implicated in ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 18, 2010 |
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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 ...
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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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
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Metal Deficit in Mouse Brain Plaques Guides Direction of Human Alzheimer's Disease Research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Minuscule plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease contain much less metal than the brains of affected humans, according to a study conducted at the NSLS. This surprising finding ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Extended youthfulness as a prevention for Alzheimer's disease
Therapies that can keep us younger longer might also push back the clock on Alzheimer's disease, suggests a new study of mice in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 10, 2009 |
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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
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Researchers find dementia in diabetics differs from dementia in nondiabetics
Researchers from Mayo Clinic's Florida campus say that dementia in some diabetics appears to be caused often by vascular disease in the brain, and the dementia that develops in people without diabetes is more likely associated ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Active compounds against Alzheimer's disease
More than half of all cases of dementia in the elderly can be attributed to Alzheimer's disease. Despite vast research efforts, an effective therapy has not been developed, and treatment consists of dealing with the symptoms. ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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