Saturday, May 3, 2014

Sun News : Scientists reverse memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's

Sun News : Scientists reverse memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's: Spanish researchers have developed a gene therapy that reverses memory loss in mice in the initial stages of Alzheimer's disease.

The therapy consists of injecting a gene into the brain that causes the production of a protein called Crtc1, which is blocked in patients with the disease. The gene is injected into the hippocampus, a region of the brain essential to memory processing.

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