Neurodegenerative diseases

The beta amyloid protein. Image: depositphotos.com

Breakthrough: Freezing the progression of Alzheimer's disease by stopping amyloid fibers

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Researchers from Japan have discovered a way to stop the development of amyloid β fibers, which are associated with Alzheimer's disease, using an antibody that makes it possible to stop or delay the development of the fibers. This breakthrough may help develop new treatments
Photomicrograph of a biopsy from a patient's lungs. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Towards a new generation of treatments for old age diseases

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Some of the students who participated in the study and the researchers. Photo by Tatiana Itkin

A study by students from Israel on the space station was published in the journal Astrobiology 

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Left: cells with a mutant FUS protein that causes accumulations (in green) and leads to ALS disease. Right: the cells with the protein/chaferon (in pink) that manages to prevent the accumulations

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The proteins and mechanisms required to fight the protein accumulations that lead to neurodegenerative diseases have been identified
the brain. Illustration from PIXABAY.COM

A team of researchers from Belgium received a million dollars from the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation to develop a chip that will interface with the brain

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