PharmaTimes July 25, 2024
Conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect over one million people in the UK
Researchers from King’s College London (KCL), along with other collaborators, have found that ageing cells could reveal early signs of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Published in Aging Cell, the findings could provide a wider picture of a target area for drugs and could improve treatments for these types of conditions.
Affecting more than one million people in the UK, neurodegenerative conditions, such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease, occur when cells of the central nervous system stop working or die.
Using fluorescence to measure the viscosity of neuronal cytoplasm, the fluid enclosed by the cell membrane of the neuron, in mice,...
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