Protein research holds ‘promise’ for Alzheimer’s

New research led by scientists at the University of Glasgow and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has discovered a protein that can reverse Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology and cognitive decline in mice. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), was co-led by Prof Eddy Liew from the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation and Prof Nancy Ip of HKUST. “Alzheimer’s disease currently has an urgent unmet clinical need. We hope that our findings can eventually be translated into humans,” commented Prof Liew. He added: “IL-33 is a protein…