{"id":35732,"date":"2018-11-01T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35732"},"modified":"2018-11-01T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:04:40","slug":"new-therapy-for-brain-degeneration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-therapy-for-brain-degeneration\/","title":{"rendered":"New therapy for brain degeneration:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/new-therapy-for-brain-degeneration\/article19460698.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New therapy for brain degeneration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A single injection of a fragment of a life-extending protein hormone could improve cognition in those with neurodegenerative illnesses, according to new research.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>New findings<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The klotho protein was found to enhance cognitive and physical performance in ageing or impaired mice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study was carried out by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and published in the journal Cell Reports.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment with a klotho fragment enhances brain function across the lifespan and could represent a new therapeutic strategy to boost brain resilience,\u201d said lead author Dena Dubal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers said clinical studies would be deemed necessary to determine the safety and effectiveness of injecting klotho in humans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body naturally produces the complex hormone that is involved in multiple cellular processes, and is linked to prolonging life in worms, mice and humans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In model organisms as well as in humans, klotho levels decrease with age, chronic stress, cerebral aging and neurodegenerative illnesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior studies had found that life-long exposure to elevated levels of klotho boost mental functions, but it remained unclear whether short-term treatment using the hormone could quickly improve cognition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New therapy for brain degeneration: Context A single injection of a fragment of a life-extending protein hormone could improve cognition in those with neurodegenerative illnesses, according to new research. New findings The klotho protein was found to enhance cognitive and physical performance in ageing or impaired mice. The study was carried out by scientists at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-therapy-for-brain-degeneration\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New therapy for brain degeneration:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700774167,"cached_date":1704856756},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}