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FRIDAY, Sept. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Therapies based on a hormone people make while exercising may be the next frontier in treating Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

A new study suggests that keeping fit can help stave off the condition, with the findings also opening the door to possible new treatments

Mass General Researchers have used a 3D human neural cell culture model to show that the exercise-induced muscle hormone, irisin, reduces the level of amyloid beta deposits associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Get latest articles and stories on Health at LatestLY. searchers who previously developed the first 3D human cell culture models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that exhibit two major hallmarks of the condition—the generation of amyloid beta deposits followed by tau tangles—have now used their model to investigate whether the exercise-induced muscle hormone irisin affects amyloid beta pathology. As reported in the journal Neuron, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)–l...

Discover how the exercise-induced hormone, irisin, may reduce Alzheimers plaques and tangles.

Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found that a hormone called irisin released during a workout reduces the plaques and tangles in the brain thought to cause Alzheimers.

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Purdue University will host a new collaborative U.S. Geological Survey research unit focused on delivering actionable science addressing fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources in Indiana and beyond, including the connection between the health of wildlife and the health of people. The Indiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, or CRU, that Purdue will

It is now common practice in Zimbabwe that some locally manufactured products can now only be found at the tuckshops and not in the formal retail outlets.

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