News tagged with beta protein

FDA-approved drug rapidly clears amyloid from the brain, reverses Alzheimer's symptoms in mice

Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. The researchers' findings, published in the journal Science, show t ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Seasonal changes may influence the efficacy of vaccination against diabetes

The development of a medicine for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, based on autoantigen GAD65, received a setback following crucial clinical phase 3 trials that failed to show significant effects. One possible explanation ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Active compounds against Alzheimer's disease

More than half of all cases of dementia in the elderly can be attributed to Alzheimer's disease. Despite vast research efforts, an effective therapy has not been developed, and treatment consists of dealing with the symptoms. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stem cell therapy reverses diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels. A new method described in BioMed ...

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Unearthing a path leading to diabetes

A molecular mechanism that links diet, obesity and diabetes involves depletion of specialized ‘transporter proteins’, a Japanese–American team has found. Transporter proteins deliver glucose ...

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created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Can proteins in the blood predict an early death?

Certain measures of kidney health may predict who is likely to die prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that some mar ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Road block as a new strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's

Blocking a transport pathway through the brain cells offers new prospects to prevent the development of Alzheimer's. Wim Annaert and colleagues of VIB and K.U. Leuven discovered that two main agents involved in the inception ...

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created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salmonella stays deadly with a 'beta' version of cell behavior

Salmonella cells have hijacked the protein-building process to maintain their ability to cause illness, new research suggests.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Gene therapy stimulates protein that blocks immune attack and prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice

Increasing a specific protein in areas of the pancreas that produce insulin blocks the immune attack that causes type 1 diabetes, researchers reported in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, published early ...

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Mystery ingredient in coffee boosts protection against Alzheimer's disease

A yet unidentified component of coffee interacts with the beverage's caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily coffee intake protects against Alzheimer's disease. A new Alzheimer's mouse study by researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Noncoding RNA may promote Alzheimer's disease

Researchers pinpoint a small RNA that spurs cells to manufacture a particular splice variant of a key neuronal protein, potentially promoting Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other types of neurodegeneration. The ...

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created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two defective proteins conspire to impair the nerve cell's 'powerhouse' in Alzheimer's disease

Two proteins that are abnormally modified in the brains of patients with Alzheimer disease collude, resulting in ill effects on the crucial energy centers of brain cells, according to new findings published online in Neurobiology of ...

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Alzheimer's-related protein disrupts motors of cell transport

A protein associated with Alzheimer's disease clogs several motors of the cell transport machinery critical for normal cell division, leading to defective neurons that may contribute to the memory-robbing disease, University ...

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Unfolding amyloid secrets

Scientists from the University of Leeds have made a fundamental step in the search for therapies for amyloid-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes mellitus. By pin-pointing the reaction that kick-starts ...

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created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of cerebrospinal fluid reveals potential new Alzheimer's gene

A genomic study of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has added a new gene to the list of potential genetic contributors to Alzheimer's disease, a national research team led by Indiana University School of Medicine ...

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