Researchers with the University of South Florida have made a potential breakthrough in the battle against Alzheimer's disease.The researchers realized years ago that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had less of a chance of Alzheimer's than those without, but no one knew why until recently.
Scientists at the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute at USF have found people with RA have a protein released in their bloodstream that might protect against the disease.
According to Bay News 9's partner paper, the St. Petersburg Times, the USF team conducted the studies on mice, and human testing could be next. The study has been published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
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USF Researchers Make Advances in Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
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Interesting. Alzheimer's and Cancer are the two most feared diseases of today --- imagine if they could just cure one of them....
I hope with all of my heart that a cure is found soon.
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