Alzheimer's Memory Loss May One Day Be Reversible

A new study from scientists at MIT suggests that it may be possible to reverse memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s and other degenerative brain diseases. The group used mice with induced brain atrophy to show that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors induced some memory recovery. The mice were all trained to solve a maze before they were atrophied. The mice receiving the drug remembered how to do the maze significantly better, while the others failed. The mice’s brain cells had new dendrites and synapses. This is only a small step in the right direction, but it yields hope that there may be a way to recover from these awful diseases. With 5 million American living with the disease, and the number expected to more than double by 2050, this is good news.

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John Michael