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New Membrane Model May Unlock Secrets of Early-Stage Alzheimer's
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and three collaborating institutions are using a new laboratory model of the membrane surrounding neurons in the brain to study how a protein ...
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Researchers find new piece in Alzheimer's puzzle
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Yale researchers have filled in a missing gap on the molecular road map of Alzheimer's disease. In the Feb. 26 issue of the journal Nature, the Yale team reports that cellular prion proteins trigger the process by which ...
Chemists show that nature could have used different protein building blocks
Feb 05, 2007 |
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Chemists at Yale have done what Mother Nature chose not to — make a protein-like molecule out of non-natural building blocks, according to a report featured early online in the Journal of the American Chemical ...
Variant form of amyloid beta hinders amyloidogenesis, development of Alzheimer's disease
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Alzheimer's disease causes misfolding and aggregation of a protein fragment known as amyloid beta and its deposition as plaques in the brain. This process triggers a cascade of event that leads to neurodegeneration. A new ...
Alzheimer's research pinpoints antibodies that may prevent disease
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Antibodies to a wide range of substances that can aggregate to form plaques, such as those found in Alzheimer's patients, have been identified in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of healthy people. Levels of these antibodies ...
Potential Alzheimer's disease drug target identified
Mar 14, 2008 |
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In findings with the potential to provide a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease patients where none now exist, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego and colleagues have demonstrated in mice a way to reduce the ...
Alzheimer’s Findings Resolve Dispute Over How Disease Kills Brain Cells
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For a decade, Alzheimer's disease researchers have been entrenched in debate about one of the mechanisms believed to be responsible for brain cell death and memory loss in the illness.
Alzheimer's research yields potential drug target
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease. Scientists say the discovery may lead ...
Low to moderate, not heavy, drinking releases 'feel-good' endorphins in the brain
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Scientists know that alcohol affects the brain, but the specifics remain unclear. One possibility is that alcohol may increase or decrease the release and the synthesis of endogenous opioid peptides - endorphins, enkephalins ...
Amyloid beta protein gets bum rap
Nov 09, 2009 |
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While too much amyloid beta protein in the brain is linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease, not enough of the protein in healthy brains can cause learning problems and forgetfulness, Saint Louis University scientists ...
Alzheimer's disease drug treats traumatic brain injury
Jul 12, 2009 |
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The destructive cellular pathways activated in Alzheimer's disease are also triggered following traumatic brain injury, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC). They say this finding suggests that ...
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