Suppression of newly found protein could lead to future treatments to slow Alzheimer’s progression

Possible Alzheimer's breakthrough suggested
An image of the ‘Aggregatin’ protein from the paper published by Wang, Zhu and collaborators. Credit: Case Western Reserve University

Researchers at the Case Western University School of Medicine say they have identified a previously unknown gene and associated protein which could potentially be suppressed to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease.

“Based on the data we have, this can be an unrecognized new risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD),” said Xinglong Wang, an associate professor of pathology at the School of Medicine. “We also see this as a potential novel therapeutic target for this devastating disease.”

Wang said proving the latter assertion, which has not yet been tested in…

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