Scientists Propose New Model for Alzheimer's Disease (Podcast)
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 17:07
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study from the Buck Institute for Age Research offers a revolutionary new model for Alzheimer`s disease (AD), a devastating neurodegenerative disorder which afflicts 24 million people worldwide. In an effort to unravel the normal function of a protein implicated in AD, scientists in California and France have discovered a naturally occurring protein that provides a new therapeutic target for the disease.