Surprising Brain Sugar Discovery Offers New Hope for Alzheimer’s

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Surprising Brain Sugar Discovery Offers New Hope for Alzheimer’s
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Boosting the brain’s sugar-clearing switch cuts toxic buildup and may explain why fasting looks good for memory. Credit: SciTechDaily.com

Scientists found that brain cells can tap a hidden sugar stash to clean up the toxic proteins behind DOI: 10.1038/s42255-025-01314-w

The work was supported by NIH grants R01AG038688, R21AG054121, AG045835, R01AG071995, R01AG070193, T32AG000266-23, R01AG061879, P01AG066591 and 1S10 OD016281. Other support came from the Hevolution Foundation, American Federation of Aging Research, the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation and the CatalystX award from Alex and Bob Griswold

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