Rapamycin, a drug that has been shown to extend lifespan in mice and is used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, has demonstrated an ability to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
A few weeks after a report that rapamycin curbed the effects of Alzheimer's disease in mice, a second group is announcing similar results in an entirely different mouse model of early Alzheimer's.
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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
The second report showed that administration of rapamycin improved learning and memory in a strain of mice engineered to develop Alzheimer's.
The improvements in learning and memory were detected in a water maze activity test that is designed to measure learning and spatial memory.
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"Rapamycin treatment lowered levels of amyloid-beta-42, a major toxic species of molecules in Alzheimer's disease. These molecules, which stick to each other, are suspected to play a key role in the early memory failure of Alzheimer's," said Veronica Galvan, assistant professor from the Barshop Institute and the Department of Physiology.
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Scientists Closer To Anti-ageing Pill? Rapamycin Could be the Key
Scientists could be closer to an anti-ageing pill that really works. Rapamycin, now used as an immunosuppressive in organ transplant, is a key ingredient.
Scientists could be closer to an anti-ageing pill that really works. Rapamycin, now used as an immunosuppressive in organ transplant, is a key ingredient.
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Immunosuppressive Drug may Reverse Alzheimer's-like Deficits
Rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may help fight Alzheimer's disease, a new study has revealed.
Rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may help fight Alzheimer's disease, a new study has revealed.
