Craegmoor: "Scientists have identified hundreds of proteins crucial to brain health which could help in the treatment of conditions from Alzheimer's to autism.
The experts discovered that faults in the brain proteins cause 130 conditions, the Daily Mail reported.
As a result of the discovery, the development of new drugs for degenerative and psychiatric illnesses could be speeded up.
'There is a potential gold rush, a whole new frontier for drug discovery,' professor Seth Grant, a neuroscientist at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, near Cambridge, said."
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Insights Give Hope for New Attack on Alzheimer’s - NYTimes.com
Insights Give Hope for New Attack on Alzheimer’s - NYTimes.com: "It is a normal protein. Everyone’s brain makes it. But the problem in Alzheimer’s is that it starts to accumulate into balls — plaques. The first sign the disease is developing — before there are any symptoms — is a buildup of amyloid. And for years, it seemed, the problem in Alzheimer’s was that brain cells were making too much of it.
But now, a surprising new study has found that that view appears to be wrong. It turns out that most people with Alzheimer’s seem to make perfectly normal amounts of amyloid. They just can’t get rid of it. It’s like an overflowing sink caused by a clogged drain instead of a faucet that does not turn off."
But now, a surprising new study has found that that view appears to be wrong. It turns out that most people with Alzheimer’s seem to make perfectly normal amounts of amyloid. They just can’t get rid of it. It’s like an overflowing sink caused by a clogged drain instead of a faucet that does not turn off."
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