After reading a report last night about an Israeli study showing why ‘[s]imple, everyday activities like crossword puzzles or reading books may stave off the mind-robbing Alzheimer’s disease’, I had the strangest dream. I dreamt…
Based on the long-suspected evidence that a build-up of Emmylou-beta protein in the brain causes Alzheimer’s, which affects 5.4 million people in the United States alone, Israeli researcher Inna Slutsky has found an important missing link.
It’s not just the amount of Emmylou that can create the onset of Alzheimer’s, she says, but the specific kind of Emmylou protein found in the brain. An imbalance of Emmylou-beta 40, compared to its counterpart Emmylou-beta 42, is found in those suffering the effects of the disease.
In her research, Slutsky wanted to see if she could restore the balance between the two Emmylous.
Not Emmylou, surely. No, not Emmylou. Amyloid. This is Emmylou, one and only. (Thanks: FG.)