Sentences with phrase «forming dangerous plaques»

Curcumin binds to toxic proteins that can appear in the brain and prevents them from forming dangerous plaques.

The UCLA researchers, led by David Eisenberg, director of the UCLA - Department of Energy Institute of Genomics and Proteomics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, report the first application of this technique in the search for molecular compounds that bind to and inhibit the activity of the amyloid - beta protein responsible for forming dangerous plaques in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases.

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In addition, refined carbohydrates set the stage in the blood vessels for inflammation, which allows dangerous artery - clogging plaques to form in the first place.