Using genetic tools, the scientists then blocked TYK2 in the mice with Alzheimer's. This resulted in a reduction in the ...

An enzyme is a protein that usually plays a helpful role in the body - making reactions happen faster and more efficiently. But this study found that the enzyme tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2), which plays a ...

Tau behaves abnormally in the brain in people with Alzheimer’s disease. This latest study points to a reason why.

In mice, inhibiting protein S-palmitoylation Counteracted accumulation of harmful proteins in neurons and delayed onset and progression of cognitive decline.

Bempedoic acid has a novel mechanism of action that inhibits a cholesterol synthesis pathway by acting on ATP (adenosine triphosphate) citrate lyase, a citrate-degrading enzyme in the liver. Bempedoic ...

A coronial inquest has begun into the level of medical care received by a Cassowary Coast man who died suddenly after having ...

A future treatment for Alzheimer disease may involve a nasal spray. Researchers at Università Cattolica and Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS have discovered that by inhibiting the ...

A future treatment for Alzheimer disease may involve a nasal spray. Researchers at Università Cattolica and Fondazione ...

A FORMER barman in Laos has said it is “unsurprising” alcohol served up in the tourist hotspot could kill. Alasdair Gill ...

These proteins’ functions are regulated by multiple signals and modifications, including the attachment of a fatty acid molecule in a biochemical reaction called "S-palmitoylation" , which is ...

Enzyme mechanisms are the chemical transformations, and the steps within them, generated by enzymatic action on substrates. The mechanism of enzyme catalysis is similar in principle to other types ...