More than one hundred years ago, Alois Alzheimer described for the first time the disease that now bears his name. In spite of intense research, there is still no medication that can cure Alzheimer's. But the biochemists working with LMU Munich Professor Haass are hot on the tracks of the disease—wi…
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Can we use methylene blue against cell death? In search of a drug that treats the causes of Alzheimer's…
Success! Dominik’s fish are carrying the Alzheimer’s gene. But will they also develop the characteristic symptoms?
How do you make an Alzheimer's fish? First, human DNA must be injected into the fish larvae—no easy task…
Only the best for the little one: what do zebra fish need in order to lay as many of the much sought-after eggs as possible?
Amyloid – a protein which plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Everyone has it in their body, but not everyone develops the disease. But why?
Alzheimer's: no longer knowing where you are, who you are or what you were going to do... To find an agent that counters this most frequent form of dementia, the researchers have bred thousands of zebra fish.
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