Slimy Science: Snails may hold key to Alzheimer's cure
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The common pond snail could provide a breakthrough in the brain's ageing process, which could help in treating related diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia.
Snails trained to associtate the flavour 'pear drop' sweets with getting a meal. When snails get older, they forget the association, and a team at the University of Brighton, England, are trying to find out why.
If they can, they could be "a step closer to discovering why human memory falters" as we get older, and so to developing drugs to combat ageing related diseases.
Snails trained to associtate the flavour 'pear drop' sweets with getting a meal. When snails get older, they forget the association, and a team at the University of Brighton, England, are trying to find out why.
If they can, they could be "a step closer to discovering why human memory falters" as we get older, and so to developing drugs to combat ageing related diseases.
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