News tagged with amyloids
Increased brain protein levels linked to Alzheimer's
(PhysOrg.com) -- Elevated levels of a growth protein in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients is linked to impaired neurogenesis, the process by which new neurons are generated, say researchers at the University of California, ...
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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Alzheimer's researchers find high protein diet shrinks brain
One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow the progression of Alzheimer's ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Scientists identify one cause of damage in Alzheimer's disease, find a way to stop it
Researchers suspect that a protein superstructure called amyloid beta is responsible for much of the neural damage of Alzheimer's disease.
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Gene therapy prevents memory problems in mice with Alzheimer's disease
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) in San Francisco have discovered a new strategy to prevent memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Humans with AD and mice genetically ...
Nov 28, 2010 |
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Manipulating brain inflammation may help clear brain of amyloid plaques
In a surprising reversal of long-standing scientific belief, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have discovered that inflammation in the brain is not the trigger that leads to buildup of amyloid deposits and ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 22, 2009 |
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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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An Alzheimer's vaccine in a nasal spray
One in eight Americans will fall prey to Alzheimer's disease at some point in their life, current statistics say. Because Alzheimer's is associated with vascular damage in the brain, many of them will succumb through a painful ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Nanoparticles may help inhibit Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles of the right dimensions and shape may be the key in combating the plaque that destroys neurons and leads to symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new report shows.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Chemists make discovery that may lead to drug treatment possibilities for Alzheimer's
UC Santa Barbara scientists have made a discovery that has the potential for use in the early diagnosis and eventual treatment of plaque-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes. Their ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Molecules 'light up' Alzheimer's roots: Light-switching complex attaches itself to amyloid proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- A breakthrough in sensing at Rice University could make finding signs of Alzheimer's disease nearly as simple as switching on a light.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Unlocking the secret(ase) of building neural circuits
Mutant presenilin is infamous for its role in the most aggressive form of Alzheimer's disease -- early-onset familial Alzheimer's -- which can strike people as early as their 30s. In their latest study, researchers ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Non-stick coating of a protein found in semen reduces HIV infection
A non-stick coating for a substance found in semen dramatically lowers the rate of infection of immune cells by HIV a new study has found.
Sep 23, 2010 |
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First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just one week
(PhysOrg.com) -- You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Scientists identify protein that spurs formation of Alzheimer's plaques
In Alzheimer's disease, the problem is beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have a fatal problem: they need ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Peripheral induction of Alzheimer's-like brain pathology in mice
Pathological protein deposits linked to Alzheimer's disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy can be triggered not only by the administration of pathogenic misfolded protein fragments directly into the brain but also by peripheral ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Amyloid
Amyloids are insoluble fibrous protein aggregates sharing specific structural traits. Abnormal accumulation of amyloid in organs may lead to amyloidosis, and may play a role in various neurodegenerative diseases.
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