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Researchers Developed a Molecule to Fight Alzheimer's – Then Found It's Already in Our Blood
A significant amount of Alzheimer's research is looking at ways to tackle the harmful clumps of amyloid-beta protein that build up between neurons in the brains of people with the disease.
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A significant amount of Alzheimer's research is looking at ways to tackle the harmful clumps of amyloid-beta protein that build up between neurons in the brains of people with the disease. With that same aim, researchers from the startup Lifemission and the Russian Academy of Sciences previously developed a peptide called HAEE (Ac-His-Ala-Glu-Glu-NH2) to stop these clumps from forming by blocking zinc ions that are thought to act as a kind of biological 'glue'.
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