Patricia Inacio, PhD,  science writer—

Patricia holds her PhD in cell biology from the University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, for which she was awarded a Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) fellowship.

Articles by Patricia Inacio

Dieting Produces Metabolite that Prevents Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease

In a new study entitled “The ketone metabolite β-hydroxybutyrate blocks NLRP3 inflammasome–mediated inflammatory disease,” researchers report to have found a natural body producing metabolite – β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) — capable of blocking NLRP3 inflammasome activation, a multi protein complex that promotes secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and is a key mediator…

Can Being Bilingual Delay Alzheimer’s?

A study performed at Ghent University in Belgium suggests an association between language skills and the onset of Alzheimer disease symptoms. In the study, a team of both psychologists and neurologists analyzed two different groups of patients with a probable risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease and separated according to their…

New Insights Into Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Parkinson’s Disease

A new study entitled “Evaluating the relationship between amyloid-β and α-synuclein phosphorylated at Ser129 in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease” reports a correlation between α-synuclein and amyloid-β in the brain of patients affected by  neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease. The study was published in the…