Alzheimer’s in animals – 動物的阿玆海默症

Written on 27-09-2017

Are humans the only animal that gets Alzheimer’s disease? A recent study suggests that it’s possible chimpanzees do, too. In the study, researchers looked at the preserved brains of 20 chimps, and found that four had the amyloid plaques and tangles that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s in humans.

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人類是唯一會患上阿玆海默症的動物嗎？近期一項研究指出，黑猩猩也有可能患上此症。研究人員檢查了二十個保存起來的黑猩猩大腦樣本，發現其中四個樣本有標誌着人類阿玆海默症的類澱粉蛋白斑塊和纏結。

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