An amino acid previously thought to boost cognition and memory has been found to stimulate a gene known to lead to the onset of Alzheimer's disease, dementia researchers have found.
A study published in Cell Metabolism built on previous research into an enzyme known as "PGDH", which is present in the blood of older people and known to precipitate the onset of Alzheimer's. It also affects more than half of all dementia sufferers.
Each year, over 200,000 Brits are diagnosed with a form of the fatal degenerative brain disease known as dementia but charities like The Alzheimer's Society say research is desperately underfunded, with four times as many researchers working on cancer research as there is dementia research.
