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The role of ApoE has been well-studied outside of the cell, but what happens after it’s let inside? Scientists led by Raimund Dutzler, University of Zurich, have identified Tweety homologue 2 as an ...
Every participant in the Dutch 100-Plus study is, by definition, exceptional. Just to qualify for enrollment, they must have remained cognitively healthy even after logging 100 laps around the sun.
Comments ApoE and Tweety Homolog 2—Proteins that Flock Together? 11 Jul 2025 ...
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PSEN1 encodes presenilin-1, a subunit of γ-secretase, the aspartyl protease responsible for Aβ generation. More than 300 mutations in PSEN1 have been reported and mutations in PSEN1 are the most ...
This widely used tauopathy model was developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine by Virginia Lee, John Trojanowski, and colleagues. As first reported in 2007 on a mixed background, ...
Early onset familial Alzheimer disease (eFAD) is hereditary and marked by Alzheimer disease symptoms that appear at an unusually early age. Symptoms can start in a person's thirties, forties, and ...
As reported in 1994, the original SOD1-G93A strain, designated G1, expressed approximately 18 copies of human SOD1, randomly inserted into the genome (Gurney et al., 1994). An unequal crossover event ...
Research News Parkinsonian disorders are difficult to diagnose. Clinical symptoms often overlap ...
Score another one for amyloid immunotherapy. The anti-pyroglutamated amyloid antibody donanemab has posted positive top-line results in the Phase 3 Trailblazer-Alz2 study, according to an Eli Lilly ...
Brain Shuttle Sneaks Gantenerumab Past the Blood-Brain Barrier Initially, gantenerumab was nearly scuttled when low doses failed to budge endpoints in the Phase 3 Scarlet RoAD and Marguerite RoAD ...