by Benson Agoha
Hope may be on the horizon for Dementia Patients as a new discovery in Israel could reportedly reverse Alzheimer's damage.
* TAU Prof. Illana Gozes, who led the team that uncovered a protein which may protect brain cells from harm by dementia-based diseases.
It comes as the General Gordorn Square played host yesterday, to a promotional team from the Alzeimer's Soceity, who distributed leaflets and spoke to members of the public in the run up to Friday's Launch Event.
But a Times of Israel report said researchers from a Tel Aviv University may have found they could point the way to protecting cells from the damage wrought by Alzheimer's disease, and even reverse already caused before treatment.
"The method", said ToI, "involves a protein similar to one which protects the brain from damage, but which is lacking in Alzheimer's parents."
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not known, but direct physical conditions leading to the dementia associated with disease are very clear to scientists and occurs when "plaque accumulations and tangles in neurons kill brain cells in Alzheimer's sufferers, leading to the degeneration of cognitive function and the loss of memory associated with the disease." ToI said.
Dementia is said to be present when an individual has significant memory problems and other observable difficulties that are so severe the difficulties get in the way of his/her daily living.
Prof. Illana Gozes of the Tel Aviv University and her team say they may have discovered that very important snippet of protein, called NAP, essential for brain formation and protect cognitive functioning.
"It is the loss of NAP that exposes cells to physical damage that eventually destroys them - but applying proteins with NAP-like properties makes them healthy again."
According to Prof Gozes, "NAP operates through the stabilisation of microtubules - tubes within the cell which maintain cellular shape," adding "They serve as train tracks for movement of biological material. In Alzheimer's disease, these microtubules break down. The newly discovered protein fragments, just like NAP before them, work to protect microtubules, thereby protecting the cell."
To read the full report in the Times of Israel, please click >>> [HOPE FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS WITH NEW DISCOVERY].
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* Photo Credit: ToI.
Hope may be on the horizon for Dementia Patients as a new discovery in Israel could reportedly reverse Alzheimer's damage.
* TAU Prof. Illana Gozes, who led the team that uncovered a protein which may protect brain cells from harm by dementia-based diseases.It comes as the General Gordorn Square played host yesterday, to a promotional team from the Alzeimer's Soceity, who distributed leaflets and spoke to members of the public in the run up to Friday's Launch Event.
But a Times of Israel report said researchers from a Tel Aviv University may have found they could point the way to protecting cells from the damage wrought by Alzheimer's disease, and even reverse already caused before treatment.
"The method", said ToI, "involves a protein similar to one which protects the brain from damage, but which is lacking in Alzheimer's parents."
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not known, but direct physical conditions leading to the dementia associated with disease are very clear to scientists and occurs when "plaque accumulations and tangles in neurons kill brain cells in Alzheimer's sufferers, leading to the degeneration of cognitive function and the loss of memory associated with the disease." ToI said.
Dementia is said to be present when an individual has significant memory problems and other observable difficulties that are so severe the difficulties get in the way of his/her daily living.
Prof. Illana Gozes of the Tel Aviv University and her team say they may have discovered that very important snippet of protein, called NAP, essential for brain formation and protect cognitive functioning.
"It is the loss of NAP that exposes cells to physical damage that eventually destroys them - but applying proteins with NAP-like properties makes them healthy again."
According to Prof Gozes, "NAP operates through the stabilisation of microtubules - tubes within the cell which maintain cellular shape," adding "They serve as train tracks for movement of biological material. In Alzheimer's disease, these microtubules break down. The newly discovered protein fragments, just like NAP before them, work to protect microtubules, thereby protecting the cell."
To read the full report in the Times of Israel, please click >>> [HOPE FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS WITH NEW DISCOVERY].
* Twitter: @woolwichonline.
* Facebook: Woolwich Online.
* Google+: Woolwich Online.
* Photo Credit: ToI.
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