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Coffee: Emerging Health Effects and Disease Prevention
"Coffee: Emerging Health Benefits and Disease Prevention" is a book that gives an overview of the recent scientific advances in this field. more05.10.2011Alzheimer's Disease Research - What the Eye of a Fruit Fly Tells Us
A tiny fruit fly's retina may hold the key to understanding the cause of the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a newly published study by researchers at the University of Dayton and the University of Florida. Amit Singh, assistant professor of biology, worked with University of Dayton collaborator Madhuri Kango-Singh, pre-med students, graduate students and researchers at the University of Florida to investigate early detection of Alzheimer's, an incurable disease that afflicts an estimated 5.4 million Americans. more25.01.2011Zheng Lab - Bad Project
G.I.T. Laboratory Journal Tip: if daily life in the laboratory seems to be too desperate have a look at the Lady Gaga Parody by the Hui Zheng lab at BCM who study Alzheimer's Disease. Take a look at their YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/user/ZhengLabProductions more
Neurodegenerative Disease Development
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's chorea or Parkinson's often are developed due to protein aggregation. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, now discovered a fundamental mechanism which explains how toxic protein aggregation occurs and why it leads to a widespread impairment of essential cellular functions. "Not all proteins are affected by aggregation", says Heidi Olzscha, PhD student at the MPIB. more07.01.2011Alzheimer’s Disease Detection via Groundbreaking Technology
Thomas Kodadek and his colleagues from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, have developed a novel technology that is able to detect the presence of immune molecules specific to Alzheimer's disease in patients' blood samples. While still preliminary, the findings offer clear proof that this breakthrough technology could be used in the development of biomarkers for a range of human diseases. more21.12.2010Genome Sequencing Time Strongly Reduced
Scientists from Imperial College London are developing technology that could ultimately sequence a person's genome in mere minutes, at a fraction of the cost of current commercial techniques. The researchers have patented an early prototype technology that they believe could lead to an ultrafast commercial DNA sequencing tool within ten years. Their work is described in a study published this month in the journal Nano Letters and it is supported by the Wellcome Trust Translational Award and the Corrigan Foundation. more24.11.2010Diabetes Drug Might Work Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Metformin, a drug used in type 2-diabetes might have the potential to also act against Alzheimer's disease. This has been shown in a study from scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the University of Dundee and the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics. The researchers have found out that the diabetes drug metformin counteracts alterations of the cell structure protein Tau in mice nerve cells. These alterations are a main cause of the Alzheimer's disease. Moreover, they uncovered the molecular mechanism of metformin in this process. more17.11.2010Alzheimer Research
The latest findings from University of Leeds biologists open up exciting new avenues for research into Alzheimer's. They may help to explain why decades of study into the causes of the disease have so far failed to lead to a cure. Alzheimer's disease is widely believed to be caused by the gradual accumulation in the brain of amyloid-beta peptide which is toxic to nerve cells. Amyloid beta peptide is formed from a protein known as APP, which is found in three forms. more15.11.2010Improving the Fruit Fly as a Model
VIB researchers attached to the K.U.Leuven have improved the fruit fly as a model for studying the connections between brain cells. The researchers developed a specific marker for a part of the fly's nerve cell which had previously been difficult to distinguish. Their discovery will not only contribute to gaining a better insight into brain development but also makes the fruit fly into a better model system for studying brain development and brain disorders. more02.11.2010Monitoring the Aging Process
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that they may be able to monitor the aging process in the brain, by using MRI technique to measure the brain lactic acid levels. Their findings suggest that the lactate levels increase in advance of other aging symptoms, and therefore could be used as an indicator of aging and age-related diseases of the CNS. more- Legal
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