Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) may have reached a step closer to developing promising new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, for they have found a link between the memory-robbing disorder and brain protein KIBRA.Making an announcement in this regard, the researchers said that their finding builds on a previous study that showed a genetic link between KIBRA and memory in healthy adults.The latest study, according to the researchers, revealed that people who carried a memory-enhancing flavour of the KIBRA gene had a 25 per cent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease."This research suggests that KIBRA, and possibly some of the proteins with which it interacts, may play a role in Alzheimer's disease,'' said Dr. Matthew Huentelman, an investigator in TGen's Neurogenomics Division, and senior author of the study.
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