Two main pathways involved in Alzheimer’s disease

Dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s disease, currently affects around 1.8 million people in Germany. The exact cause has not yet been clarified, but genetic factors play a significant role in the development of the disease. Most previous analyses aimed at the identification of novel Alzheimer’s genes used, a “case-control design”. “With this conventional and highly simplistic…

HIV drug ready for clinical trials

Clinical trials of what could be the long-awaited drug against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will begin in Denmark by the end of the year. The results of preliminary laboratory tests, conducted by two teams of Australian scientists in collaboration with colleagues in Denmark, inspire cautious optimism. An article describing the results of these “tests”…