A Replacement Therapy May Be Able To Rescue The Brain From Alzheimer's

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A Replacement Therapy May Be Able To Rescue The Brain From Alzheimer's

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I just learned of the new research led by the University of Cincinnati in collaboration with Professor of Neurology Alberto Espay. This is very hopeful news - just came out on June 28, 2021. Please take the time to listen and read the short article.

Here is the article from the Cincinnati Public Radio station WVXU:
https://www.wvxu.org/post/replacement-t ... s#stream/0

"A protein replacement therapy may rescue the brain from Alzheimer's, so says a UC researcher whose new study was published Monday.

Professor of Neurology Alberto Espay is frustrated the FDA recently approved a drug he says is based on a faulty theory. He says the problem isn't clumps of plaque but missing liquid protein. He says this protein is needed in its original, soluble form to keep the brain healthy.

Sometimes the protein clumps into amyloid plaques but Espay says that's not the problem.

"No matter how high the amyloid gets, if individuals are able to keep a level of the soluble fraction of the product, which is the normal protein, they can do very well. And that is the opposite theory to what's prevailing, what's been with us all along," says Espay.

UC's study conducted in collaboration with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, appears in the journal EClinical Medicine (published by the Lancet)."
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LynnDeeOH4 wrote:I just learned of the new research led by the University of Cincinnati in collaboration with Professor of Neurology Alberto Espay. This is very hopeful news - just came out on June 28, 2021. Please take the time to listen and read the short article.

Here is the article from the Cincinnati Public Radio station WVXU:
https://www.wvxu.org/post/replacement-t ... s#stream/0
Thanks for posting this, LynnDeeOH4. I did both read and listen, as you suggested. Very interesting!!
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LynnDeeOH4 wrote:I just learned of the new research led by the University of Cincinnati in collaboration with Professor of Neurology Alberto Espay. This is very hopeful news - just came out on June 28, 2021. Please take the time to listen and read the short article.
Here is the article from the Cincinnati Public Radio station WVXU:
https://www.wvxu.org/post/replacement-t ... s#stream/0
Hi LynnDeeOH4, welcome to the APOE4 site and thank you for raising this very interesting topic.

I'm including a link to the full article in The Lancet's EClinical Medicine for additional details. High cerebrospinal amyloid-β 42 is associated with normal cognition in individuals with brain amyloidosis

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