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A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer’s disease. The possible ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2007 - 10:24am - 0 attachments

... the number is set at approx. 24 million (source: Alzheimer's Disease International ). "In the light of the intense focus ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2007 - 10:35am - 0 attachments

Chemists from UCLA and the University of Florence in Italy may have solved an important mystery about a protein that plays a key role in a particular form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a progressive, fatal n ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2007 - 10:16pm - 0 attachments

... misfolded proteins has been reported in Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases - as well as Lewy body dementia, which also involves ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2007 - 11:15am - 0 attachments

CTS-21166, an experimental drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, began the first phase of human clinical trials this week. ... disables the enzyme and prevents the plaques that cause Alzheimer's disease. Credit: Ghosh laboratories image The ... beta-secretase, a key enzyme in the progression of Alzheimer's that triggers the formation of amyloid plaques in the brain. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2007 - 10:05am - 0 attachments

Scientists have provided new details about how proteins used to destroy bacteria and viruses may help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Gunnar K. Gouras, associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2007 - 12:35am - 0 attachments

Omega-3 supplements can, in certain cases, help combat the depression and agitation symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a clinical study conducted at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. A number of epidemiolo ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2007 - 11:50am - 0 attachments

A new Mayo Clinic study provides evidence that DNA variations largely explain why some persons get Parkinson’s disease while others don’t, and even predict with great accuracy at what age people might develop their first symptoms. “This represents ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2007 - 12:41am - 0 attachments

... tangles (black streaks), one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. Bottom: While acute stress effects are reversible, ... to stabilize the intracellular network of microtubules. In Alzheimer's disease, as well as various other neurodegenerative conditions, ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2007 - 4:23pm - 0 attachments

... Their effects are also being tested for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. As a result of proteome research, which has become ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2007 - 11:14pm - 0 attachments