Mice with a rodent equivalent of the disease showed a 50 per cent reduction in levels of amyloid protein in their brains after the scientists added caffeine to their drinking water.

把疾病基因移植到鼠类身上，科学家发现当把咖啡因注入到老鼠饮用的水中，这些老鼠脑内的淀粉状蛋白指数会减少50%。

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They alter the way it cleaves amyloid precursor protein.

它们改变了这个酶切割淀粉样蛋白前体的方式。

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The study sheds light on how insulin interacts with amyloid, a toxic protein found in Alzheimer's.

这项研究揭示了阿尔兹·海默病患者中发现的淀粉和胰岛素怎样互相作用。

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To be specific, Merck (MRK) will test a beta-amyloid precursor protein site-cleaving enzyme, or BACE, inhibitor, which the drugmaker notes is the first drug with this type of mechanism to advance to this stage of clinical research.

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Most researchers are focusing on blocking the formation of amyloid-beta protein or removing it from the brain, either before or after deposits are formed.

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Harvard University researchers conducted experiments on mice using oligomers, a soluble form of amyloid-beta protein, which is the key compound in brain plaque and a hallmark of Alzheimer's.

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