Effective New Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease

There is an effective new therapy being studied for Alzheimer’s disease. The therapy is called BDNF, which stands for brain-derived neurotrophic factor. BDNF is a protein that occurs naturally in the body. Researchers at California University, led by Mark Tuszynski, have been treating laboratory mice with this protein with much success. Not only are they finding that BDNF can prevent memory loss in the mice, but they are also finding that it can repair and reverse memory loss, restoring function to the parts of the brain that are treated.

In the study, BDNF was targeted to brain memory circuits in the mice, which was determined to quicken cell functioning, while preventing cell death. Researchers are saying that BDNF is showing protection of memory and restoration of memory in the mice. BDNF treatment either slowed the progression of Alzheimer’s or stopped Alzheimer’s altogether in the mice, which was a large contrast to the mice not treated.

Since Alzheimer’s disease has no cure, this is a very promising treatment for the disease. Of course, human trials and studies will need to be done, but until then hopes are high for this new, potentially effective treatment. The study was published in the journal Nature Medicine.














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