Health
Startup aims to treat Alzheimer’s by invigorating neurons’ garbage-disposal abilities – FierceBiotech
Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have shown that a drug designed to invigorate a cellular garbage disposal mechanism ameliorated symptoms in…
All cells maintain a network of cleaning systems that remove and recycle unwanted proteins. One school of thought holds that when the process, called autophagy, malfunctions in neurons, the toxic buildup of proteins can promote neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimers.
Now, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have shown that a drug designed to invigorate a specialized cellular garbage disposal mechanism ameliorated symptoms in two mouse models of Alzheimers. The findings were…
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