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MIT-led team IDs gene key to Alzheimer's-like reversal

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A team led by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has now pinpointed the exact gene responsible for a 2007 breakthrough in which mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease regained long-term memories and the ability to learn.

MIT: Blocked enzyme reverses schizophrenia-like symptoms

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that inhibiting a key brain enzyme in mice reversed schizophrenia-like symptoms.



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