Potential Found in a New Approach to Alzheimer’s

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Potential Found in a New Approach to Alzheimer's

July 23, 2010

A potentially promising approach to treating Alzheimer's disease has been

developed by researchers studying sirtuin, a protein thought capable of

extending lifespan in laboratory animals.

Using mice prone to developing Alzheimer's, the researchers showed that

activating sirtuin suppressed the disease and that destroying sirtuin made it

much worse.

The finding was made by Gizem Donmez, Leonard Guarente and colleagues at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who say it raises the hope of treating

Alzheimer's, and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and

Huntington's, with drugs that activate sirtuin.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/health/research/24alzheimers.html