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Key Gene to Alzheimer's Reversal Pinpointed Friday, May 08, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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A team led by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has now pinpointed the exact gene responsible for a 2007 breakthrough in which mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease regained long-term memories and the ability to learn. In the latest development, reported in the May 7 issue of Nature, Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, and colleagues found that drugs that work on the gene HDAC2 reverse the effects of Alzheimer's and boost cognitive function in mice. (source: web.mit.edu)
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