May 24 2009
A One Phosphate Cause to Alzheimer’s?
Yes, siree. This is science at its reductionistic finest. Researchers at McGill University -
report that the addition of a single phosphate to an amino acid in a key brain protein is a principal cause of Alzheimer’s. Identifying this phosphate, one of up to two-dozen such molecules, could make earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s possible and might, in the longer term, lead to the development of drugs to block its onset.
Sharp minds doing precise work. Someone ought to buy those folks a beer. In our country we should make the finding of science a priority.
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