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Alzheimer’s cure

  • January 15, 2023
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Alzheimer’s cure

Subject :Science and Technology

Section: Health/Disease

Context:

  • Central University of Rajasthan (CUoR) has evolved an ingenious concept of food sustainability for combating age-related neurodegenerative ailments such as Alzheimer’s.

What is the concept evolved by the researchers?

  • The researchers found that the intake of dairy proteins can reduce the occurrence of Alzheimer’s and also provide other health benefits.

How do dairy products help in combating Alzheimer’s?

  • When a protein called amyloid builds up in organs with food intake, the risk factor for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases increases. 
  • To capture these amyloids, it is necessary to find a suitable molecule that could effectively capture the toxic protein aggregates and degrade them.
  • The researchers have found dairy proteins to be having structural superiority to trap harmful molecules and destroy them.

About Alzheimer’s Disease:

  • Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes the brain to shrink (atrophy) and brain cells to die.
  • The disease is the most common cause of dementia — a continuous decline in thinking, behavioural and social skills that affect a person’s ability to function independently.
  • Caused by: Alzheimer’s disease is thought to be caused by the abnormal build-up of proteins in and around brain cells.
    • One of the proteins involved is called amyloid, deposits of which form plaques around brain cells.
    • The other protein is called tau, deposits of which form tangles within brain cells.
  • Vulnerability: Alzheimer disease most commonly affects older adults, but it can also affect people in their 30s or 40s.
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