World's first memory-improving drug expected

British media reported on the 9th
the world's first drug to improve brain memory is about to be put into research and development,is expected to bring good news to people with early-onset dementiaresearchers have found a gene in mice that affects memory through a mouse maze test that inhibits this activity, which can improve memory in mice and, conversely, reduces memory in mice, the Daily Telegraph
reported onlineThe gene determines the production of the protein eIF
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a, which usually controls memory, said DrMorro Costa-Mattioli, a researcher at McGill University in CanadaThe researchers believe the gene is also present in the human bodyCosta-Matioli's work was published in the journal MolecularHe noted that researchers hope to find molecules that can lock in and suppress the gene, which could eventually lead to the development of drugs to improve memory"If such a drug is developed, patients with memory-relateddiseases such as early-onset dementiawill have access to a new treatment, " he said Although such a drug cannot cure the of the disease, it can improve the symptoms of memory loss the daily Telegraph online, researchers trained mice to cross the water's maze to find a hidden platform A few days later, the researchers found that the gene-suppressed mice found targets at a much faster rate than the average mouse " A person reading a page of a book may need to read it several times to remember it," Costa-Mateoli said "
early-onset dementia, also known as Alzheimer's disease, is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system, which is characterized by progressive cognitive impairment and memory impairment, and there is no effective treatment in medicine In developed countries, early-onset dementia has become the fourth leading killer after heart , cancer and stroke (
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