News articles tagged with 'amyloid'
Early sign of Alzheimer's reversed in lab
— 2 Dec 2011 10:14 | HealthOne of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer's disease - loss of sense of smell - can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease,…
Insulin could be Alzheimer's therapy
— 2 Apr 2011 11:55 | HealthA low dose of insulin has been found to suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, according to new clinical…
Alzheimer's-like brain changes found in cognitively normal elders with amyloid plaques
— 30 Mar 2011 17:22 | HealthResearchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta - the primary constituent of the plaques found…
Asthma drug could help control or treat Alzheimer's disease
— 28 Mar 2011 15:52 | HealthA drug used to treat asthma has been shown to help reduce the formation of amyloid beta, a peptide in the brain that is implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according…
Boosting protein garbage disposal in brain cells protects mice from Alzheimer's disease
— 5 Mar 2011 13:33 | HealthGene therapy that boosts the ability of brain cells to gobble up toxic proteins prevents development of Alzheimer's disease in mice that are predestined to develop it, report researchers…
Scripps Research study points to liver, not brain, as origin of Alzheimer's plaques
— 4 Mar 2011 13:11 | HealthUnexpected results from a Scripps Research Institute and ModGene, LLC study could completely alter scientists' ideas about Alzheimer's disease - pointing to the liver instead of the…
UCSB chemists make discovery that may lead to drug treatment possibilities for Alzheimer's
— 11 Feb 2011 17:03 | HealthUC Santa Barbara scientists have made a discovery that has the potential for use in the early diagnosis and eventual treatment of plaque-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease…
New test to study proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases
— 1 Feb 2011 19:42 | HealthResearchers from the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine and the UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have developed and patented a method using Saccharomyces…
Unfolding amyloid secrets
— 21 Jan 2011 18:53 | HealthScientists from the University of Leeds have made a fundamental step in the search for therapies for amyloid-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes mellitus.…
Imaging procedure can identify biomarker associated with Alzheimer's disease
— 19 Jan 2011 16:53 | HealthPreliminary research suggests that use of a type of molecular imaging procedure may have the ability to detect the presence of beta-amyloid in the brains of individuals during life,…