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New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.
Science Illustrated
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Insulin, the hormone that keeps the level of sugar in the bloodstream within normal range, could be a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.
Endocrinologists from the University of Buffalo (UB) have found that a low dose of insulin could suppress the expression in the blood of four precursor proteins involved in the development of Alzheimer’s, a brain diseases that, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, causes problems with memory, thinking and behaviour. One of the four proteins shown in the study is a precursor to beta amyloid, the main component of plaques—microscopic clumps of protein that have been considered Alzheimer’s disease hallmark. These findings also demonstrate that the four precursor proteins studied are expressed in peripheral mononuclear cells.
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