Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease Introduction We did our project on Alzheimer's Disease. This is a degenerative brain disorder that is found in older adults. This disease is characterized by the destruction of nerve cells and neural connections in the cerebral cortex of the brain and by a large loss of brain mass. When an autopsy is performed on an Alzheimer's patient, it is the neurotic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles that finally diagnose the patient. Neurotic plaques, also …

…work with presenilin to form pepsids. Now it's suspected of helping with the formation of plaques. The next thing researcher's have to do is find the protein's 3D shape. This will help with the development of a drug that will bind to the nicastrin, and hopefully disrupt the formation of the plaques, preventing symptoms of Alzheimer's. If these two potential treatments are researched more, there is hope for a cure in the years to come.