science alert New Mouse Study Challenges Current Theory on The Cause of Alzheimer's

[bonami2]

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By manipulating the natural processes of RNA editing in mice modelled to reflect Alzheimer's symptoms, researchers prevented the connections in their brains from breaking down. Memory was restored without removing the protein clumps that are thought to cause the disease, suggesting damage between neurons was a critical problem.

 

The finding provides a new understanding of Alzheimer's disease and an approach that could potentially address memory loss in Alzheimer's patients.

 

The team is optimistic about developing this process into a viable treatment for humans.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-mouse-study-challenges-current-theory-on-the-cause-of-alzheimers

 

 

 

 

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/06/start-of-new-era-for-alzheimers-treatment/

Edited September 29, 2023 by bonami2

[ENTERPRISE]

That is awesome news. Seems to have been a lot of progress in this area lately.

[bonami2]

3 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

That is awesome news. Seems to have been a lot of progress in this area lately.

Yes i was really happy to see this.

This to me is one of the worst ways to die. I got an aunt that slowly losing capacity and it pretty sad.

 

Keep running folding@home as much as i can for research

[LabRat]

IMO, just like 'cholesterol' in Heart Disease

these amyloid proteins are tangential to the problem, not the cause.

 

Glad to see there's now some research to back up that "uh, duh?" on my part.