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The power of our adaptive immunity against Alzheimer’s Disease

One of the fears that arise with aging is being afflicted with dementia. Alzheimer’s disease (simply ”Alzheimer” from now onwards) is the most common type of dementia worldwide, representing up to 60% of total cases of dementia in western countries. Alzheimer is a serious world-health... click to read more

  • Daniele Guido | PhD student at Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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neurodegenerative disease
brain cells
neurons
microglia cells
Alzheimer's disease
Views 6416
Reading time 3 min
published on May 10, 2017
Hacking the tryptophan metabolic process to reduce neurodegeneration

Oats, dried prunes, tuna fish, milk, chicken, bread, peanuts, and chocolate are fabulous foods that enrich our everyday meals. But apart from their culinary properties, they are also great sources of tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid which is used by cells either as a... click to read more

  • Carlo Breda | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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health
neurodegenerative disease
brain cells
neurons
Alzheimer's disease
Parkinson's disease
Views 6450
Reading time 3 min
published on Apr 25, 2017
Could we reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients? Mice answer yes!

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. A striking characteristic is memory loss. In the brain, nerve cells or neurons make connections, named synapses, to process information. When the synapses are not functional or when the neurons are not well connected anymore, cognitive... click to read more

  • Aude Marzo | Postdoctoral Research fellow at University College London, Department Cellular and Developmental Biology, London, UK
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  • Faye McLeod | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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  • Patricia Salinas | Professor at Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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neurodegenerative disease
neurons
Alzheimer's disease
Views 5949
Reading time 2.5 min
published on Mar 16, 2017