News tagged with toxic protein
Rethinking Alzheimer's disease and its treatment targets
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychiatry professor George Bartzokis introduces a new theory about the fundamental cause of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Fish oil protects against diseases like Parkinson's, study
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Boyd Professor, and Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair of Retinal Degenerative Diseases Research at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, will present ...
Survival mode that protects cells when oxygen is low also slows aging (w/Video)
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A biochemical pathway that helps keep cells alive when oxygen is low also plays a role in longevity and resistance against some diseases of old age, according to a report to be published April 16 in the journal ...
Tentacles of venom: New study reveals all octopuses are venomous
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Once thought to be only the realm of the blue-ringed octopus, researchers have now shown that all octopuses and cuttlefish, and some squid are venomous. The work indicates that they all share a common, ancient venomous ancestor ...
Alzheimer's gene slows brain's ability to export toxic protein
Nov 13, 2008 |
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The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease slows down the brain's ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is central to the damage the disease causes, scientists have found.
