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Category: Alzheimer’s

Posted on August 17, 2019

NII unravels how diet restriction delays ageing, increases lifespan

A NII-led team has unravelled how C. elegans exposed to early-life, moderate stress in the form of dietary restriction are able to better handle chronic stress that comes with ageing…

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Posted on May 7, 2019May 10, 2019

TIFR researchers discover a novel function of serotonin

In a surprising discovery, TIFR researchers have found a novel function for serotonin — generation of new mitochondria in neurons, increased cellular respiration and ATP production. The team found that…

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Posted on October 6, 2018October 7, 2018

JNCASR team fully restores long-term memory in mice with Alzheimer’s 

JNCASR researchers along with French counterparts have been able to fully restore neuron to neuron connections and long-term memory in mice with Alzheimer’s disease using a small molecule that activates…

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Posted on September 3, 2018September 3, 2018

Podcast: Drug target to treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and cancer discovered

Researchers at the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar have identified the novel mechanism by which misfolded proteins form aggregates and get degraded in the cells. They have discovered that downregulation…

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Posted on September 1, 2018September 3, 2018

Bhubaneswar team discovers a drug target for neurodegenerative diseases, cancer

Institute of Life Sciences researchers have discovered that downregulation of a protein drug target can help in the treatment of cancers, while activation can do the same for neurodegerative diseases such…

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Posted on February 10, 2018February 10, 2018

IISc team identifies a biomarker for early-stage Alzheimer’s

IISc researchers have ascertained that decrease in F-actin protein level results in early behavioural changes that would eventually lead to Alzheimer’s disease. F-actin thus behaves as an early biomarker of Alzheimer’s.…

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Posted on October 22, 2016October 22, 2016

BHU researchers a step closer to preventing Alzheimer’s

Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are a step closer to preventing Alzheimer’s disease. An effective antidote against amyloid beta…

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Posted on September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

Thanks to air pollution, magnetic particles found in the brain

The effects of air pollution on human health has gone up by a few notches with the discovery of large number of rounded magnetite nanoparticles of about 18 nanometres in…

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