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...possible to predict, on average, what new information a research subject would remember later by observing certain pathways in brain functioning. Buckner said in an interview yesterday that he has also focused on the effects of aging and disease on memory. Buckner observed that the plaques which cause Alzheimer??s disease form on areas of the brain that are used in “default” brain activity. In other words, he said, Alzheimer??s seems to be affecting the much-used brain areas that are active when people are not doing or thinking about...
...past research, Yuan has worked to understand the roles of proteins and genes controlling ‘apoptosis,’ or cell suicide. This has repercussions for chronic neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer??s and Huntington’s, which are caused by excessive apoptosis in the brain...
Scientists said that the findings, which were published on Sept. 1 in the journal Nature, could help them understand why diseases such as Alzheimer??s, AIDS, malaria, and certain cancers are more prevalent and severe in humans than in chimpanzees and other great apes...
...that he and his fellow researchers are in the process of establishing the individual purpose of each gene in order to determine which ones can be used for medicines. They are currently using one of the genes in the Sir2 family to protect mice from brain disorders analogous to Alzheimer??s disease, dementia, and Huntington’s Disease, he said...
...genes could someday be harnessed to “stimulate the body to work harder and protect itself,” leading to a “whole new class of medicine that can treat many of the world’s diseases” including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer??s, and even aging itself...