Understanding Molecular Processes in Alzheimer’s Gets Boost from Plasmalogen Study

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis say their study of an enzyme that breaks down plasmalogens could provide a breakthrough in understanding the molecular processes that occur during Alzheimer's and other diseases. Alzheimer's disease patients lose up to 60% of the plasmalogen from the membranes of the cells in their brains, but it's still not known how or why. The team’s research (“ Cytochrome  c Is an Oxidative Stress–Activated Plasmalogenase That