Alzheimer’s brain cells have been created in the laboratory by scientists, allowing an infinite supply of neurons on which to test new drugs. This stem cell breakthrough has been hailed as an important advance in Alzheimer’s research, and could potentially lead to cell treatments – transplanting healthy neurons into the ... continue reading
Researchers have discovered that the genetic mechanism which destroys brain cells is responsible for early development of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome and for development of Alzheimer’s disease in general population — providing a potential new target for drugs that could forestall dementia in people with either condition.
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Alzheimer patients’ protein tangles that clog brain cells just may determine how fast patients go downhill.
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Alzheimer’s Tangles
Brain plaques, long considered the chief killer of brain cells and the cause of Alzheimer’s disease, may actually play a protective role under a new theory that is changing the way researchers think about the disease.
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Get FREE Daily Headlines by email! Medical experts believe that a lot of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, including memory loss, result from damage to synapses that carry vital messages between brain cells.
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