Being able to recreate a disease is one decisive step towards curing it. If until now researchers had the chance to observing the evolution of Alzheimer’s disease on mice only, from now on they could be analyzing the disease in a Petri dish. Two researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston worked on the project. Doo Yeon Kim told his colleague Rudolph E. Tanzi about the idea to … [Read more...]
Young blood infusion improves mental performance in old mice
The researchers have come closer towards finding a way to treating dementia like Alzheimer’s disease. In a new study, the researchers have found that by infusing young blood, mental abnormalities can be treated in old people. The researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine carried the experiment on mice. Sophisticated techniques were used to pin down numerous important molecular, … [Read more...]