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Alzheimer's: French scientists focus on key target

French scientists said on Tuesday that lack of a key brain protein was linked to Alzheimer's, a finding that threw up a tempting target for drugs to fight the disease.

Neuroscience Jan 24, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

New hope for treating Alzheimer's Disease: A role for the FKBP52 protein

New research in humans published today reveals that the so-called FKBP52 protein may prevent the Tau protein from turning pathogenic. This may prove significant for the development of new Alzheimer's drugs and for detecting ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mar 20, 2012 | not rated yet | 0