Alzheimer’s disease: regulating copper in the brain stops memory loss among mice – EurekAlert

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…

Click here to view the original article.