Can a Protein Called Klotho Block Dementia and Aging?

Posted by Brandon Savela on Jan 31st 2018

Researchers at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are taking an innovative approach to battling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Rather than trying to understand the specific mechanisms that cause each disease, they took a step back and asked, “What do all these conditions have in common?”