{"id":516330,"date":"2026-07-20T12:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/a-new-hope-against-alzheimers-researchers-advance-in-gene-therapy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:49:44","slug":"a-new-hope-against-alzheimers-researchers-advance-in-gene-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/style\/a-new-hope-against-alzheimers-researchers-advance-in-gene-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"A new hope against Alzheimer&#8217;s: researchers advance in gene therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Logro\u00f1o.- <\/strong>A team of researchers from the Biomedical Research Center of La Rioja (CIBIR) is working on the development of a new gene therapy to identify a protein present in Alzheimer&#8217;s patients, in order to design a treatment to prevent this neurodegenerative disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister of Health and Social Policies of the Government of La Rioja, Mar\u00eda Mart\u00edn, accompanied by the principal investigator of Molecular Neurobiology at CIBIR, Lidia \u00c1lvarez-Erviti, presented this project this Monday at an informative meeting, which is considered a pioneer worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-estudio-premiado\">Award-winning study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study, titled \u2018APOE-Switch: transformation of the APOE4 allele to APOE3 as a disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer\u2019s disease\u2019, has been awarded second prize in the fourth edition of the \u2018Fundaci\u00f3n hna Scientific Health Research Award\u2019, they detailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research developed at CIBIR addresses one of the main risk factors associated with non-hereditary Alzheimer&#8217;s: the APOE4 allele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objective of the project is to achieve its modification through gene editing, incorporating the use of extracellular vesicles as a targeted delivery system to the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend reading: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c1lvarez-Erviti has explained that the APOE4 protein can take different forms and if it undergoes a mutation, the patient may develop Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logro\u00f1o.- A team of researchers from the Biomedical Research Center of La Rioja (CIBIR) is working on the development of a new gene therapy to identify a protein present in Alzheimer&#8217;s patients, in order to design a treatment to prevent this neurodegenerative disease. 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