Detection of enzymes that help treat Alzheimer's disease

US scientists have discovered an enzyme that can heal brain cells with Alzheimer's disease - a dementia.

The Columbia University team named the enzyme Uch-L1.

Alzheimer's is a disease that erodes human memory. According to the team, the human brain affected by this disease tends to decrease Uch-L1.

In their study, the team injected Uch-L1 into the brains of Alzheimer's mice. As a result, they discovered this enzyme helped the memory of this rodent recover.

What is special is that the enzyme does not destroy the brain- binding amyloid beta proteins - thought to be the cause of Alzheimer's disease - that make it normal and not harmful to memory. According to researcher Ottavio Arancio, this is important because beta amyloid protein plays an important role in the body.

Now scientists are continuing to work more intensively before putting this enzyme into human trials. However, they were very optimistic because of its therapeutic effect.

So far millions of people around the world have Alzheimer's disease, of which 4.5 million in the United States alone, and the number of patients expected to explode in the next few decades as the number of elderly people increases. , while some existing therapeutic drugs have little effect. The results of the study could help scientists develop new drugs to treat Alzheimer's more effectively.

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