Scientists study the effect of mutations of Alzheimer’s disease

Russian scientists studied the effect of mutations of Alzheimer's disease
A postgraduate student at SPbPU, analyzes the expression of proteins in mouse brain cells used to model Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

A team of neurobiologists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) published an article on their study of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and suggested therapy methods. The scientists believe the disease is associated with the genes that code the formation of contacts between neurons. The team also discovered a substance that could considerably reduce the negative effect of mutations in these genes. The work was published in Neuroscience.

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