Saturday, June 28, 2008

Alzheimer's disease as a case of brake failure?

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rutgers researcher Karl Herrup and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University have discovered that a protein that suppresses cell division in brain cells effectively "puts the brakes" on the dementia that comes with Alzheimer's disease (AD). When the brakes fail, dementia results.
This discovery could open the door to new ways of treating Alzheimer's disease, which affects up to half the population over the age of 85.

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