Targeting Alzheimer’s Disease By Lowering Oxysterol

Targeting Alzheimer’s Disease By Lowering Oxysterol

Source: Inside Precision Medicine

Build up of a type of oxygenated cholesterol in the brain could explain why neuroinflammation starts in Alzheimer's disease.

Research led by the Keck School of Medicine shows lowering levels of an oxygenated version of cholesterol called oxysterol could be a new target for treating Alzheimer’s disease and similar neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
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