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Probing the secrets of sharp memory in old age

A study of the brains of people who stayed mentally sharp into their 80s and beyond challenges the notion that brain changes linked to mental decline and Alzheimer's disease are a normal, inevitable part of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists make headway in understanding Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that a protein called BAG2 is important for understanding Alzheimer's disease and may open up new targets for drug discovery. They are ready to move from studying ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers See Complex Atomic Choreography as Crystals Melt

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conga lines of atoms wend their way through a crystal, their numbers growing as more and more atoms join the migration. The worm-like lines of atoms randomly converge, forming tangles that ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mechanism of Alzheimer's suggests combination therapy needed

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered a mode of action for mysterious but diagnostic protein snarls found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients that suggests a one-two punch ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Increasing brain enzyme may slow Alzheimer's disease progression

Increasing puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase, the most abundant brain peptidase in mammals, slowed the damaging accumulation of tau proteins that are toxic to nerve cells and eventually lead to the neurofibrillary ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0