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Inflammation a significant factor contributing to Alzheimer's disease: St
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
An important cause of Alzheimer's disease inflammation has recently been linked to a gene that is prevalent in the brain's cleaning cells, called microglia, according to a recent study. The discovery might offer a brand-new area of focus for treatments of the incurable disease.
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Synthetic peptides may suppress formation of harmful amyloid aggregates
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In Alzheimer's disease, the degeneration of brain cells is linked to formation of toxic protein aggregates and deposits known as amyloid plaques. Similar processes play an important role also in type 2 diabetes. A research team under the lead of the Technical University of Munich has now dev
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