{"id":920,"date":"2023-05-15T20:11:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T18:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/?p=920"},"modified":"2023-05-25T14:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:21:18","slug":"novel-method-for-early-determination-of-alzheimers-disease-maria-teresa-martin-correa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/en\/novel-method-for-early-determination-of-alzheimers-disease-maria-teresa-martin-correa\/","title":{"rendered":"Novel method for early determination of alzheimer&#8217;s disease &#8211; Mar\u00eda Teresa Mart\u00edn Correa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-921 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/Mayte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/Mayte.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/Mayte-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/2023\/05\/Mayte-700x396.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a very common neurodegenerative disease today. This brain disorder slowly destroys <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">memory, the ability to think and, over time, the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ability to perform even the simplest tasks. Despite the many studies carried out on the disease due to its severity, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">not <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we still d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o not know<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">all the molecular, genetic and biochemical mechanisms <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">causing it are known<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that can trigger it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. However, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">it is known<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we do know<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that proteins called <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u03b2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-am<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ie<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">loids accumulate in the form of plaques on the outside of the neurons of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">patients with Alzheimer\u2019s, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">being greater<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the accumulation of this protein <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">increases <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as the di<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sease progresses and the sympto<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">are aggravated<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">become more serious<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;469777462&quot;:[4252],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[3]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Based on the above, experiments were conducted with a fluorescent synthesis compound capable of binding <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u03b2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-am<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ie<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">loid<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> proteins with high affinity. The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">intensity of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">light emitted by the compound <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is higher<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">becomes more intense<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">by increasing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">when<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the concentration of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">protein to which it binds<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is increased<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, even at low concentrations of protein<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">which <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">allows an early diagnosis of Alzheimer\u2019s disease <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">indicating the number of plaques presented by the patient at the time of the study<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">which allows to address a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Early diagnosis enables<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> better treatment of the disease.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;469777462&quot;:[4252],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[3]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keywords:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Alzheimer\u2019s, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u03b2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-am<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ie<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">loid<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> plaques, fluorescent compound, early diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by:<\/strong> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW102818179 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102818179 BCX0\">Luis <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102818179 BCX0\">C<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102818179 BCX0\">rovetto<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102818179 BCX0\"> Gonz\u00e1lez<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW102818179 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a very common neurodegenerative disease today. This brain disorder slowly destroys the memory, the ability to think and, over time, the hability to perform even the simplest tasks. Despite the many studies carried out on the disease due to its severity, not we still do not know all the molecular, genetic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":589,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[467,498],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-2022-2023-en","category-diagnostics","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/589"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/1047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ugr.es\/tfm-master-idcim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}