Category Archives: Research

Melatonin and Alzheimer

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A study with mice over six months has give some insights that may become important for our battle against dementia. It turns out that treatment with exercise and melatonin helps to keep the disease at bay or even showed a regress of symptoms.

Now don’t jump for joy yet, in humans the disease takes years to develop so by the time symptoms become visible the brain is already badly damaged but  nevertheless we encourage every piece of good news.

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Enzyme against Alzheimer

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Scientists at the Mayo clinic have discoved that an enzyme known as BACE2 is particularly effective at breaking down beta-amyloid, widely known for being a factor in Alzheimer’s disease.

Although it is not the first enzyme found to have this function, BACE2 is certainly more effective at breaking beta-amyloid down. Now the scientists want to find out if a BACE2 impairment can increase the risk of getting the disease, this may then contain valuable new clues about the origin of the disease.

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Alzheimer and long term memory formation

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Today’s link is a more in depth explanation of the discovery of the working of nuclear receptors. Certain nuclear receptors are essential for long-term memory formation, and  pharmaceutical approaches that boost the function of these proteins — and the molecular machinery they set in motion — could one day restore memory function in those who have lost it.

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Alzheimer type 3 diabetes?

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The root causes of Alzheimer’s disease are still a scientific uncertainty, though there’s no lack of suggestions and opinions circulating in the biomedical community. But here’s one we hadn’t yet heard that is gaining traction amid increasing evidence: Alzheimer’s is primarily a metabolic disease much like diabetes. At its root, a poor diet can be the instigator of this degenerative neurological condition. The evidence is so stark that some scientists have even taken to referring to Alzheimer’s as type 3 diabetes.

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Alzheimer research back on track

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Good progress; a group of scientists has developed a roadmap for the fight against Alzheimer. In their own words:

“Our plan aims to provide good quality care for affected patients and families, advance our understanding of the pathophysiology and natural history of AD and other dementias, develop effective treatments to slow or prevent these diseases, and translate scientific advances successfully into policy and practice,”
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