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Alzheimer’s disease: regulating copper in the brain stops memory loss among mice – EurekAlert
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the presence of amyloid plaques1 in the patient’s brain. These plaques sequester copper, and contain approximately five…
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the presence of amyloid plaques* in the patient’s brain. These plaques sequester copper, and contain approximately five times as much as a healthy brain. Two CNRS scientists from the Coordination Chemistry Laboratory recently developed, with their colleagues from the Guangdong University of Technology and Shenzhen University (China), a molecule that regulates the circulation of copper in the brain. This patented molecule** extracts the copper trapped in amyloid…
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