Memory

Age-Associated Memory Loss Might Be Reversable

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, September 27th, 1999

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a process by which the normal primate brain degenerates with aging, and have also shown that this degeneration can be reversed by gene therapy.

While normal aging often results in some loss of memory and other cognitive functions, scientists have been unable to pinpoint changes in specific anatomical regions of the brain associated with these processes which might explain this decline.

New research published in the September 14 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) suggests that the age-related breakdown...

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