South Korean scientists manage to control proteins causing dementia

one of the elders with dementia and disabilities in China. (Xinhua/Liu Dongyue) (zc)

A team of South Korea researchers managed to control the formation and construction of molecular structure of a protein that causes neurological degenerative diseases such as dementia.

The research team led by professor Om Kil Ho, Sungkyunkwan University, announced that they managed to control the composition and molecular structure of fibers “Amyloid” which causes Alzheimer and Parkinson disease.

Amyloid are fibers that originate as a result of unnatural assemblage of proteins and composite acid “Beptaad”, however the structure and nature of its formation hasn’t been fully known.

The team announced that the molecular formation of Amyloid fibers could be identified through thermal energy, after directing microwave beam pulses at these fibers, stating that arriving at a mechanism that delays the formation of Amyloid fibers could contribute in curing these diseases.

Their research was published in “Scientific Reports” magazine online.