[ad_1] WWe see a frail, elderly woman on a chair, with her eyes downcast. He gestures for the music to be turned up, a swollen melody from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and with a little encouragement his hands begin to flutter. Then suddenly her eyes flash and she is Odette the …
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[ad_1] More than 1.5 million people in Germany suffer from Alzheimer’s, most of them elderly. The disease remains a great challenge for scientists, as it is a disease that has no cure even today. But in the early stages of its onset, the repercussions of Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed …
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[ad_1] A panel of experts decided Friday not to recommend the United States Medicines Agency (FDA) to authorize a new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, research on which has been at a standstill for decades, according to AFP. After a lengthy examination of the file, the eleven members of the commission …
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[ad_1] Korean researchers are encouraging Alzheimer’s patients: a natural substance could serve as the basis for a drug against the previously incurable disease. Yun Kwon, a scientist at Seoul National University, and his team examined ginseng root and found microbes of the genus Streptomyces that produce a previously unknown substance: …
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[ad_1] Alzheimer’s: tau protein deposition mechanism deciphered We have now been able to identify a new mechanism by which accumulations of tau protein occur in the brain, leading to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Understanding the mechanism could lead to new innovative therapeutic approaches. Mutations in the MARK4 enzyme modify …
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