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In the brains of people who have died from Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have discovered potentially lethal cells dubbed “zombie cells.”
These cells collect in tissues throughout the body as people age, leading to persistent infections and other disorders, according to University of Texas Health Sciences Center experts.
The researchers said in the study, which was published in the journal “Nature Aging” that finding “zombie” senescent neurons in people who died of Alzheimer’s disease will help scientists develop drugs and treatments that target them, opening the door to treating the disease, of which dementia is the most common form.
Professor of Cell Science and Anatomy Abel Zare of the University of Texas commented on the work, saying, “To prevent dementia and other types of cognitive decline, we need to understand the origins and mechanisms of disease development” according to preliminary findings, zombie cells have a detrimental impact on this, therefore eliminating them or reducing their impacts may help to minimize disease damage. “The mind” is a term used to describe the brain.
Zare and his colleagues examined 140,000 cells from 76 brains and discovered that individuals who died of Alzheimer’s disease had high quantities of beta-amyloid plaques and the protein tau, both of which accumulated in the brain.
In conclusion, scientists confirmed that medications that target such cells in the brain can lessen the impact of such materials accumulating in the brain and prevent the evolution of Alzheimer’s symptoms.
According to United Press International, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation is funding clinical research to see how eliminating “zombie” cells affects elderly adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages.
