Over 46 million people currently suffer from some form of dementia, a number that is predicted to only grow bigger as the baby boomers age. When it comes to debilitating illnesses, there are few menaces more looming. Alzheimer’s is one of the trickiest diseases out there, and there is quite a bit we have yet to learn. Still, there is a long way to go before that day comes.
These new findings could hopefully pave the way for new, successful treatments that currently do not exist-and someday, perhaps, the cure that everyone is waiting for. This could explain the buildup of the infamous amyloid-beta protein that causes the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. By studying the blood-brain barrier-the BBB, a term used to describe the properties in the brain’s blood vessels that strictly regulate the energy and metabolite exchange between the brain tissue and the bloodstream-the Dublin researchers determined that blood vessels referred to as tight junctions were altered in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. This September, scientists at Trinity College Dublin made a new breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research.
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