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Now a nasal spray developed by Italian researchers to exploit the link has delivered promising results stalling brain deterioration in mice modified to be at risk of a similar Alzheimer's-like condition.
Beta-amyloid and tau are naturally occurring proteins that increase in Alzheimer's brains as the disease progresses. So Natale and team disabled the function of the S-acyltransferase enzyme in mice genetically modified to have a mouse version of Alzheimer's disease. , making it unsafe for testing in humans. But the team is hopeful an alternative could be identified, now they have a specific target.
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