Wednesday, August 14, 2013

New finding may slow spread of Alzheimer's disease | MSUToday | Michigan State University

New finding may slow spread of Alzheimer's disease | MSUToday | Michigan State University: In what could be a step toward slowing the spread of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain, a team of researchers from Michigan State University found that a particular substance, when injected into mice, lowers levels of a peptide linked to the disease.

The scientists found that when a compound known as L-cylcoserine was injected into mice that were genetically altered to have the disease pathology, it significantly lowered their levels of a peptide that creates plaques in the brain – a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.

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