Researchers at the University of East Anglia, U.K., developed a clever way to study one of the main processes that breaks down…
Magdalena Kegel
Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Researchers at Osaka University, Japan, have found a new way to speed up the accumulation of amyloid-beta protien in…
A new study reveals how tau protein drives the formation of stress granules, intended to allow neurons to adapt to…
Riluzole, a drug approved for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), might reverse genetic changes often observed in patients…
An immune molecule called IL-33 can reverse Alzheimer’s disease symptoms and cognitive decline in mice, researchers show in a study published…
In the first long-term analysis of its kind, researchers report that depressive symptoms that progressively increase in older age might…
All failed attempts to produce a viable vaccine against amyloid-beta in Alzheimer’s disease have one thing in common — they…
Researchers at two Norwegian institutions found that deficits in the mitochondrial protein PITRM1 led to an accumulation of amyloid-beta, whose…
Peptides with Neuroprotective Properties, Identified in Early Study, May Help Alzheimer’s Patients
A family of six mitochondrial small humanin-like peptides (SHLPs) showed promising effects on cell survival and metabolism in preclinical studies…
Before any signs of cognitive decline start showing, neuronal synaptic connections are lost in mice destined to develop Alzheimer’s. New…