US EditionCancer Tumors May Protect Against Alzheimer's by Cleaning Out Protein Clumps
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Cancer and Alzheimer’s are two of the most common chronic diseases associated with aging. For years, doctors have detected a curious aspect of these two ailments: people who survive cancer have a significantly lower chance of developing Alzheimer’s. Now, science has discovered why. In a study published in Cell magazine, researchers at the University of Science and Technology of Huazhong (China) have revealed that in the brain with Alzheimer’s, a…
Cancer tumors may protect against Alzheimer's by cleaning out protein clumps
Cancer and Alzheimer's are two of the most common chronic diseases associated with aging. For years, doctors have known about a curious aspect of these two conditions: people who survive cancers are significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer's. While this link has been observed in the data for some time, the biological reasons for it have remained a mystery. Now, a new study published in the journal Cell has discovered a possible explanation.
For ten years, researchers have observed that Alzheimer's disease and cancer appear rare to the same person, feeding speculation that one of these infections could offer some degree of protection against others, writes...
A protein released by cancer cells appears to protect against Alzheimer's, at least in mice.
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