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.

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