HOUSTON: Scientists from University of Glasgow and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have discovered what could be an enormous breakthrough for those suffering from Alzheimer’s.
The researchers, co-led by Professor Eddy Liew, found that daily injections of a protein called IL-33 reversed cognitive decline in mice in just one week. The mice, referred to as APP/PS1 mice, were bred to develop Alzheimer’s-like symptoms as they aged. But scientists observed that the animals were essentially back to being normal mice in a matter of days after receiving the injection.
The IL-33 protein is a form of protein that humans already create. “It’s produced by various cell types in the body and is particularly abundant in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord),” says Liew…