Alzheimer's is a very scary and sad disease that is not very well understood. The protein amyloid-beta is a normal product of metabolism in the brain. In most human beings, this needs to be disposed by ways of the spinal cord. However, in Alzheimer's patients, the amyloid-beta is removed much slower than normal and causes plaque on the brain.
This discovery could help in understanding the disease and diagnosing and treating patients for it even before they develop symptoms. I think this is an awesome breakthrough since so many people are affected by this horrible disease.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/dec/09/alzheimers-clearance-amyloid-protein-brain
I also think this is a promising breakthrough. By learning more about the amyloid-beta, hopefully researchers can develop successful treatments for Alzheimer's.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great start in the right direction to finding the cause for the disease, it may lead to a treatment method. The next step I think Bateman should take is setting up a larger sample size over longer periods of time to see if his results are just sampling error or if he has really found a correlation in his data with the amyloid-beta buildup.
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