Autophagy, a Cellular Cleaning Process Reduces the Occurrence of Plague in Patients with Allzheimer

Alzheimer is a form of dementia that affects up to 36 million people across the world. This number is expected to double in the near future; therefore, researchers have been in the fore front looking for an effective strategy for controlling it.

 According to the study conducted by RIKEN brain science, autophagy, a cellular auto cleaning process can prevent the formation o amyloid beta plagues that are responsible for development of Alzheimer. Similar findings were also published in the journal of cell report where it was obtained that absence of autophagy in the neurons would prevent the formation of amyloid beta and hence the formation of amyloid bet plagues that are responsible for the formation of Alzheimer.

 "To control amyloid beta metabolism including its secretion is a key to control the disease’, said Dr Nilsson when reporting that their findings may be useful for the determination of a suitable treatment strategy to the disease.