Scientists make breakthrough discovery of new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s

HKUST scientists make breakthrough discovery of new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's
The team uses the newly-developed methodology to study AD patients brain at single cell level. Credit: HKUST

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have identified new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by studying the patients’ brain with a newly-developed methodology. This novel approach also enables researchers to measure the effects of potential drugs on AD patients, opening new directions for AD research and drug development.

Although the pathological mechanisms of AD have been studied for decades, the disease remains incurable. One reason is that conventional research approaches have limited capability to…

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