Boosting One Protein Reawakens Aging Brain Cells in Mice, Study Shows

By David Nield – Science Alert

A discovery by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in the US could lead to treatments that clear the troublesome aggregations of protein thought to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Using mice bred to have a condition similar to the neurodegenerative disorder, the team found that elevated levels of a protein called Sox9 triggered specialized brain cells to go into clean-up overdrive, ‘vacuuming’ up plaques with increased efficiency.